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From Kazansky + -ite; named in honour of Professor Vadim Ivanovich Kazansky (1926–2013), a prominent Russian ore geologist and expert on the topic of Precambrian metallogeny.
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kazanskyite
Today it means: A triclinic mineral containing barium, hydrogen, niobium, oxygen, sodium, silicon and titanium. Full definition →