The story
Named after a man from Cologne named P. Orschall who discovered the mineral, + -ite.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral colorless mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and sulfur. Full definition →
Named after a man from Cologne named P. Orschall who discovered the mineral, + -ite.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.