Etymology

hibonite

H4I1B3O1N1I1T1E1

Today it means: A calcium aluminate mineral found in carbonaceous chondrite meteorites. Full definition →

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From Hibon + -ite, after Paul Hibon, who discovered it.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.