khmaralite

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromλίθος“stone”
2. English todaykhmaralite

Named for type locality, Khmara Bay, in turn named after Soviet tractor driver Ivan Fedorovich Khmara (1936–1956) who died in that area of Soviet-operated Antarctica. The suffix -lite is from Ancient Greek λίθος (líthos, “stone”).

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