Etymology

kolovratite

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From Kolovrat + -ite. Named after Lev Stanislovich Kolovrat-Chervinckii (1884-1921; Russian: Лев Станиславович Коловрат-Червинский), a physicist and radiologist of the Russian Empire.

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