He identified and first described the mineral davidite.
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Mawson named the uranium-bearing mineral davidite after geologist and Antarctic explorer, Sir Edgeworth David.
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The mineral davidite is named after him, as was the Edgeworth David Building ( demolished 2006 ) at the University of Sydney and Edgeworth David Avenue in Hornsby, New South Wales where he spent his later years.
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The crichtonite group consists of members of related mineral species of the type A { BC 2 D 6 E 12 } O 38 which are characterized by their predominant cations ( as seen in crichtonite ( Sr ), senaite ( Pb ), davidite ( REE + U ), landauite ( Na ), loveringite ( Ca ), lindsleyite ( Ba ), and mathiasite ( K ).
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