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From Miask, an alternate name for Miass in the Urals, -ite.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A granitoid rock containing biotite and elaeolite, a kind of nepheline syenite. Full definition →
From Miask, an alternate name for Miass in the Urals, -ite.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.