Etymology

brownleeite

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Today it means: A silicide mineral with chemical formula MnSi. Full definition →

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The story

From Brownlee + -ite, named after Donald E. Brownlee, professor of astronomy at the University of Washington, Seattle.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.