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nuffieldite Min.|ˈnʌfiːldaɪt| [f. the name of E. W. Nuffield (b. 1914), Canadian geologist + -ite1.] A sulphide of copper, lead, and bismuth, Cu4Pb10Bi10S27, found as steel-grey orthorhombic crystals at Lime Creek, British Columbia, Canada.
1968P. W. Kingston in Canad. Mineralogist IX. 439 A second new sulphosalt mineral was discovered by R. M. Thompson... The new species is named nuffieldite in honour of E. W. Nuffield, who has made outstanding contributions to the understanding of many of the less well-known sulphosalt minerals. 1969Ibid. X. 93 Because of the close similarity in physical properties of neyite, cosalite, aikinite, and nuffieldite, it was necessary to make numerous x-ray powder photographs to confirm the identity of the material used for analysis. |