A copper oxide mineral consisting of copper, tin, and oxygen, typically found in certain ore deposits.
Named after Johann Friedrich Ludwig Credner (1820-1896), a German geologist and mineralogist, using the mineral-naming convention of adding '-ite' to honor scientists.
Mineralogy has honored thousands of scientists by naming crystals after them—crednerite is a tiny tribute to a 19th-century German scientist most people have never heard of!
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