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Named after Professor Radovan Cerny (born 1957), eminent crystallographer at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, + -ite.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: An orthorhombic-dipyramidal pistachio green mineral containing arsenic, copper, hydrogen, iron, and oxygen. Full definition →
Named after Professor Radovan Cerny (born 1957), eminent crystallographer at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, + -ite.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.