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From Charnock + -ite, after Job Charnock, whose tombstone was made out of it.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
charnockite
Today it means: An orthopyroxene-bearing quartz-feldspar rock. Full definition →
Today it means: An orthopyroxene-bearing quartz-feldspar rock. Full definition →
From Charnock + -ite, after Job Charnock, whose tombstone was made out of it.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.