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Named in honour of James W. Nizamoff (born 1971), researcher of the mineralogy of the Palermo pegmatites at North Groton, New Hampshire, who discovered the mineral. Nizamoff + -ite
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nizamoffite
Today it means: A colourless orthorhombic mineral containing hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, phosphorus, and zinc. Full definition →