Etymology

samarskite

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Today it means: A shiny black radioactive mineral that contains a complex mixture of rare earth oxides Full definition →

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The story

After Vasilii Evgrafovich Samarsky-Bykhovets in 1847.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.