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Named after its type locality: Akatore Creek, Otago Region, New Zealand From Akatore + -ite.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A yellow-orange triclinic mineral found in New Zealand and containing aluminium, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen and silicon. Full definition →
Named after its type locality: Akatore Creek, Otago Region, New Zealand From Akatore + -ite.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.