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From Ray + Grant + -ite, after Dr. Raymond W. Grant (born 1939), retired professor of geology and former President of the Mineralogical Society of Arizona.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A colourless triclinic mineral containing lead, hydrogen, oxygen, zinc, silicon, and sulphur. Full definition →
From Ray + Grant + -ite, after Dr. Raymond W. Grant (born 1939), retired professor of geology and former President of the Mineralogical Society of Arizona.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.