Well attestedNamed from the place
ikunolite
noun · first attested 1959
Named for a silver mine that had already been working for four centuries when the mineral was found in it.
A bismuth sulfide, Bi4(S,Se)3.
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Record
- Relationship
- Named from the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 1959
- Part of speech
- noun
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- Step 1
Ikuno Mine
- In English
ikunolite
Akira Kato described ikunolite in 1959 from a quartz vein at the Ikuno mine in Hyogo Prefecture. Ikuno had been mined for silver since the 1540s and became a model government mine in the Meiji period, run with French engineers. The species has since been found at the nearby Akenobe mine and as far away as Kingsgate in New South Wales.
Japan
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