pendletonite

Questions

What does pendletonite mean?

Name for a coronene mineral, later called carpathite.

Where does pendletonite come from?

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

How to pronounce pendletonite

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