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From Lone Creek Fall Cave (in South Africa) + -ite.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: An isometric-diploidal colorless mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur. Full definition →
From Lone Creek Fall Cave (in South Africa) + -ite.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.