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From Holdaway + -ite, after the American petrologist Michael Jon Holdaway (1936–2025).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
holdawayite
Today it means: A manganese hydroxyl-carbonate mineral. Full definition →
Today it means: A manganese hydroxyl-carbonate mineral. Full definition →
From Holdaway + -ite, after the American petrologist Michael Jon Holdaway (1936–2025).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.