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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of scientific terms with Scottish connections).
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CONNELLITE. Geol. Sulphate and chloride of copper (1850 J. D. Dana Mineralogy 523).
[Called after Arthur Connell (1794–1863), of Edinburgh, Professor of Chemistry in St Andrews University (1840–62), who described it.]
