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Named for Anders Richard Åkerman, a Swedish mineralogist, + -ite.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A melilite mineral of the sorosilicate group, containing calcium, magnesium, silicon, and oxygen and having the chemical formula Ca₂Mg[Si₂O₇]. Full definition →
Named for Anders Richard Åkerman, a Swedish mineralogist, + -ite.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.