Etymology

burkeite

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Today it means: An evaporite, consisting of mixture of sodium carbonate and sodium sulphate with the chemical formula Na₆(CO₃)(SO₄)₂, found at Searles Lake, California. Full definition →

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The story

From Burke + -ite, after William Edmund Burke.

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