Well attestedNamed from the place
moschelite
noun · first attested 1989
One of very few natural iodides, from a German mercury hill mined since the Middle Ages.
A mercury iodide, Hg2I2.
49.7217°N 7.7839°E · Q1948974
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- Relationship
- Named from the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 1989
- Part of speech
- noun
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Moschel mountain
- In English
moschelite
Moschelite was described in 1989 from the Landsberg workings at Moschellandsberg near Obermoschel in Rhineland-Palatinate. The hill is a classic mercury deposit that also gave its name to moschellandsbergite, a silver mercury amalgam. Natural iodides are rare because iodine almost always stays in solution.
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