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From Aminoff + -ite, named after Swedish mineralogist Gregori Aminoff.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing beryllium, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon. Full definition →
From Aminoff + -ite, named after Swedish mineralogist Gregori Aminoff.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.