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Named in honour of Professor Witold Żabiński (1929-2007), an eminent Polish mineralogist and co-founder and later President of the Mineralogical Society of Poland. Żabiński + -ite
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żabińskiite
Today it means: A brownish triclinic mineral containing aluminium, calcium, niobium, oxygen, silicon, and tantalum. Full definition →