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Vauquelinite

Vauque′lin-ite

,

Noun.

[So called after the French chemist

Vauquelin

, who died in 1829: cf. F.

vauquelinite

.]

(Min.)

Chromate of copper and lead, of various shades of green.

Definition 2024

vauquelinite

vauquelinite

English

Noun

vauquelinite ‎(plural vauquelinites)

(mineralogy) A complex mineral, a combined chromate and phosphate of copper and lead.