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Named in honour of Dr. Robert Allen Jenkins (born 1944), discoverer of the mineral in his role as mineralogist with the Phelps Dodge Corporation; initials R.A.J. + -ite.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
rajite
Today it means: A monoclinic-prismatic green mineral containing copper, oxygen, and tellurium. Full definition →