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Named after its discovery locality: Crestmore quarries, Riverside Co., California, USA Riverside + -ite
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: An orthorhombic-disphenoidal white mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon. Full definition →
Named after its discovery locality: Crestmore quarries, Riverside Co., California, USA Riverside + -ite
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.