Etymology

akimotoite

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Today it means: A trigonal mineral of the ilmenite group with a vitreous lustre, the silicon analogue of geikielite. Full definition →

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The story

From Akimoto + -ite, after Japanese physicist Stun-iti Akimoto.

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