michenerite
/ˈmɪtʃənərʌɪt/ /ˈmɪtʃ(ə)nərʌɪt/Mineralogy
noun
A cubic telluride and bismuthide of palladium and platinum occurring as greyish-white crystals.
Origin
1950s. From the name of Charles Edward Michener (b. 1907), Canadian mineralogist who discovered the mineral in 1940 + -ite.
- western sandwich
- Western States
- western swing
- western tanager
- western toad
- Western Union
- Western Wall
- western waters
- western white pine
- western yellow pine
- westerveldite
- Westerville
- west-facing
- Westfalen
- westfalit
- westfalite
- West Fargo
- Westfield
- West Flanders
- west gallery
- West German
- West Germanic
- West Glamorgan
- west-going
- west half