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From Scheuchzer + -ite, after Johann Jakob Scheuchzer.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A mineral containing sodium, manganese, magnesium, zinc, vanadium, silicon, oxygen and hydrogen, found in Italy and Switzerland. Full definition →
From Scheuchzer + -ite, after Johann Jakob Scheuchzer.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.