Etymology

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Today it means: A calcium hydroxide nesosilicate mineral, occurring as glassy, colourless to white prismatic monoclinic crystals. Full definition →

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The story

Alpheus Fuller Williams (1874-1953) of the De Beers diamond company, and -ite.

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