simonite

The English word “simonite” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

A monoclinic-prismatic red mineral containing arsenic, mercury, sulphur, and thallium.

Etymology

Simonite (TlHgAs₃S₆), found in Allchar, Macedonia, Yugoslavia, named in 1982 for Simon Engel, son of Peter Engel (b. 1942), a Swiss crystallographer, + -ite

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