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Named in 1967 by John S. White Jr., E.P. Henderson and Brian Mason in honour of Dr. Frank Reeves (1886-1986), exploration geologist who found the Wolf Creek meteorite in 1947. Reeves + -ite
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Today it means: A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing carbon, hydrogen, iron, nickel, and oxygen. Full definition →