Etymology

linnaeite

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Today it means: A cobalt sulfide mineral that forms a series with polydymite. Full definition →

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Named in honour of Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778) + -ite.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.