colusite

English

Etymology

From Colusa +‎ -ite, named for the Colusa claim, specifically the Leonard Mine area, near Butte, Montana, United States, by Reno H. Sales, chief geologist for Anaconda Copper Mining Company.

Noun

colusite

  1. (mineralogy) An isometric-hextetrahedral bronze mineral containing antimony, arsenic, copper, germanium, sulfur, tin, and vanadium.

Derived terms

References

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2026), “Colusite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.

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