Etymology

scholzite

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Today it means: An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and zinc. Full definition →

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From Scholz + -ite, after German mineral collector Adolph Scholz (1894–1950).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.