Etymology

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Today it means: A white variety of the mineral haüyne. Full definition →

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The story

Named in 1831 by Louis Albert Necker de Saussiere in honour of Jöns Jakob Berzelius Berzelius + -ine

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.