Etymology

edscottite

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Today it means: An iron carbide mineral with the formula Fe₅C₂. Full definition →

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From Ed + Scott + -ite, after Edward R. D. Scott of the University of Hawaii, a pioneering cosmochemist.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.