What is a hornerite?

Answer 1

A 'hornerite' is a character in : "The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil", a modern parable by George Saunders. I highly recommend it!

Go here to read more about it:

http://www.Boston.com/ae/books/articles/2005/10/02/phil_an_allegory_from_an_outlandish_imagination/

Answer 2

Hornerite is a mineral that typically forms as a hydrothermal barium rare-earth element carbonate in lead-zinc deposits. It is named after the Austrian mineralogist Franz von Horner.