Etymology

barbertonite

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Today it means: A magnesium chromium carbonate mineral, a hexagonal polymorph of stichtite. Full definition →

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The story

From Barberton + -ite, after Barberton district, Transvaal, South Africa.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.