Gahnite

Origin

Named after Swedish chemist Johan Gottlieb Gahn (1745-1818) in 1807.

Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997

Full definition of gahnite

Noun

1. (mineral) A rare mineral ZnAl₂O₄ in the spinel group.

Anagrams

• haeting
• heating