Etymology

binghamite

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Today it means: A type of agate stone found in Minnesota. Full definition →

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The story

From Bingham + -ite, after William Bingham, a lapidary, who discovered it in 1936.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.