Etymology

dienerite

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Today it means: An isometric-hextetrahedral gray white mineral containing arsenic and nickel. Full definition →

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The story

From German Diener + -ite, after Austrian paleontologist Karl Diener (1862-1928).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.