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Definition of Voltzite

Voltzite
Voltzite Voltz"ite, n. [So named in honor of Voltz, a French engineer.] (Min.) An oxysulphide of lead occurring in implanted spherical globules of a yellowish or brownish color; -- called also voltzine.

Meaning of Voltzite from wikipedia

- Wurtzite is a zinc and iron sulfide mineral with the chemical formula (Zn,Fe)S, a less frequently encountered structural polymorph form of sphalerite....
- Voltzia was named in his honour in 1828 by Adolphe Brongniart. The mineral voltzite was named after him by Joseph Jean Baptiste Xavier Fournet in 1833. "Necrologie...