Andrewsite is a now discredited mineral originally reported at the Wheal Phoenix mine, near Liskeard in Cornwall. It was named for Thomas Andrews FRS, the English chemist.[1]

It has been shown to be a mixture of hentschelite and rockbridgeite, with minor chalcosiderite.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Andrewsite: Andrewsite mineral information and data". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2017-03-01.


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