Well attestedNamed from the place
richellite
noun · first attested 1883
Named for a village outside Visé, the Belgian town better known for a tenth century goose recipe.
A poorly crystalline hydrous calcium iron phosphate.
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- Relationship
- Named from the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 1883
- Part of speech
- noun
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Richelle
- In English
richellite
Giuseppe Cesàro and Despret described richellite in 1883 in the Annales de la Société géologique de Belgique from material collected at Richelle near Visé in Liège province. Type material is held at the University of Liège. The only other well documented occurrence is the Gold Quarry mine in Nevada.
Belgium
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