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Named after the Japanese island of Mijakeshima, + -ite.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: An andesite from the Japanese island of Mijakeshima, porphyritic with phenocrysts of bytownite, augite, hypersthene, and biotite. Full definition →
Named after the Japanese island of Mijakeshima, + -ite.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.