Etymology

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Today it means: A secondary uranium mineral with the chemical formula Mg(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10(H₂O). Full definition →

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The story

From French Salée + -ite, named after Belgian mineralogist Achille Salée (1883-1932).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.