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From Gonyer + -ite, named for Forest A. Gonyer, a chemist-analyst and mineralogist from Harvard University.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: An orthorhombic mineral containing hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, and silicon. Full definition →
From Gonyer + -ite, named for Forest A. Gonyer, a chemist-analyst and mineralogist from Harvard University.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.