The story
From Miser (“a surname”) + -ite, named for Dr. Hugh D. Miser, a geologist of the U.S. Geological Survey.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
miserite
Today it means: A lilac-pink or red triclinic-pinacoidal rare-earth mineral of interest also for cleaning up radioactive and other wastes and for ceramics. Full definition →