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From Coffin + -ite, after Reuben Clare Coffin, American geologist.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
coffinite
Today it means: A brown or black uranium-bearing silicate mineral. Full definition →
Today it means: A brown or black uranium-bearing silicate mineral. Full definition →
From Coffin + -ite, after Reuben Clare Coffin, American geologist.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.