pendletonite

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Named after Norman Pendleton (1901-1995), a mineral collector in Santa Cruz. Name invented by Joseph Murdoch in 1967.

Noun[edit]

pendletonite (plural pendletonites)

  1. (mineralogy) Name for a coronene mineral, later called carpathite.
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