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Named by Frank L. Hess in 1922 from the elemental symbols of its presumed contents: RAdium, Uranium and Vanadium RA + U + V + -ite
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Today it means: An amorphous mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, uranium, and vanadium. Full definition →
Named by Frank L. Hess in 1922 from the elemental symbols of its presumed contents: RAdium, Uranium and Vanadium RA + U + V + -ite
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.