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lawsonite

Today it means: A metamorphic silicate mineral related to the epidotes; it is a sorosilicate, based on the dimeric anion Si₂O₇⁶⁻ Full definition →

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From Lawson + -ite, after geologist Andrew Lawson.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.