‘Who knew my love for minerals would lead to this?’
July 5, 2023
Mercouri Kanatzidis, an inorganic chemist at Northwestern University, has received an unusual honor: a new mineral discovered in Hungary has been named after him, the International Mineralogical Society (IMA) announced recently.
The mineral, a chalcogenide, is called kanatzidisite in recognition of Kanatzidis’ significant contributions to chalcogenide chemistry. The mineral was found in the Nagybörzsöny deposit at Alsó-Rózsa, Hungary, and now is in the collection of the Museo di Storia Naturale, Università di Firenze, Florence, Italy. Its chemical formula is (SbBiS3)2Te2.