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Named from the acronym for the Royal Ontario Museum where the mineral was first studied. Royal Ontario Museum + Archaeology + -ite
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal black mineral containing oxygen and tin. Full definition →
Named from the acronym for the Royal Ontario Museum where the mineral was first studied. Royal Ontario Museum + Archaeology + -ite
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.