Etymology

essonite

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Ancient Greek ἥσσων
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἥσσων“inferior”
  2. English todayessonite

Named from Ancient Greek ἥσσων (hḗssōn, “inferior”), because not so hard as some minerals it resembles (e.g. hyacinth).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.