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From Berlin + -ite, named in honor of Swedish chemist Nils Johan Berlin.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A trigonal-trapezohedral mineral containing aluminum, oxygen, and phosphorus. Full definition →
From Berlin + -ite, named in honor of Swedish chemist Nils Johan Berlin.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.