Etymology

rezbanyite

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Today it means: A mineral consisting of lead, copper, and bismuth sulfide. Full definition →

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The story

From Rézbánya (site of a mine formerly in Hungary, now Romania) + -ite.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.