Etymology

shirozulite

S1H4I1R1O1Z10U1L1I1T1E1

Today it means: A monoclinic-prismatic dark reddish brown mineral containing aluminum, barium, fluorine, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and titanium. Full definition →

Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

Named after Japanese professor at University of Kyushu Haruo Shirozu, + -lite.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.