vasilite

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What does vasilite mean?

An isometric-hextetrahedral steel gray mineral containing copper, palladium, sulfur, and tellurium.

Where does vasilite come from?

Named after Bulgarian docent of mineralogy at the Higher Institute of Mining and Geology, Sofia, Vasil Atanasov (1933–2015), + -ite.

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