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Kings Mount(ain) + -ite, after the type locality, Kings Mountain, North Carolina.
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Today it means: A monoclinic-sphenoidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, and phosphorus. Full definition →
Kings Mount(ain) + -ite, after the type locality, Kings Mountain, North Carolina.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.