fuchsite

Questions

What does fuchsite mean?

A green variety of muscovite

Where does fuchsite come from?

Named in 1842 by Karl F. Emil von Schafhäutl in honor of Johann Nepomuk von Fuchs, a German chemist and mineralogist.

How to pronounce fuchsite

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