Etymology

rastsvetaevite

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Today it means: A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal pink mineral containing calcium, chlorine, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, and zirconium. Full definition →

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From Rastsvetaeva + -ite; named after Ramiza K. Rastsvetaeva (born 1936), prominent Russian crystallographer at the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow.

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