"simonite" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Simonite (TlHgAs₃S₆), found in Allchar, Macedonia, Yugoslavia, named in 1982 for Simon Engel, son of Peter Engel (b. 1942), a Swiss crystallographer, + -ite Etymology templates: {{affix|en|-ite}} -ite Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} simonite
  1. (mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic red mineral containing arsenic, mercury, sulphur, and thallium.
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