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Named in honour of Stanislav Mikhailovich Aleksandrov (1932-2012), a Russian geochemist, geologist and mineralogist Aleksandrov + -ite
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aleksandrovite
Today it means: A colourless monoclinic mineral containing calcium, lithium, silicon, potassium, oxygen, tin, and fluorine. Full definition →