The story
From Iquique (“a place name”) + -ite, after the city of Iquique, Chile.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal yellow mineral containing boron, chromium, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, potassium, and sodium. Full definition →
From Iquique (“a place name”) + -ite, after the city of Iquique, Chile.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.