Etymology

fingerite

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Today it means: A very rare triclinic-pinacoidal black mineral containing copper, oxygen, and vanadium. Full definition →

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From Finger + -ite. Named after mineralogist Larry W. Finger

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.