Etymology

piretite

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Today it means: An orthorhombic lemon yellow mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, selenium, and uranium. Full definition →

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The story

From Piret + -ite, in honour of Paul Piret, Belgian crystallographer.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.