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Probably from the resemblance of its wart-like crystals to prehnite.
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prehnitic acid
Today it means: 1,2,3,5-benzenetetracarboxylic acid (a tetrabasic acid of benzene). Full definition →
Today it means: 1,2,3,5-benzenetetracarboxylic acid (a tetrabasic acid of benzene). Full definition →
Probably from the resemblance of its wart-like crystals to prehnite.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.