Etymology

ominelite

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Today it means: An orthorhombic-dipyramidal blue mineral containing aluminum, boron, iron, magnesium, oxygen, and silicon. Full definition →

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The story

Named for type locality Mount Ōmine (in Nara, Japan) + -lite.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.