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Named after Italian geologist Vittorio Simonelli (1860–1929), who discovered the mineral, + -ite.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: An orthorhombic-dipyramidal white mineral containing carbon and hydrogen. Full definition →
Named after Italian geologist Vittorio Simonelli (1860–1929), who discovered the mineral, + -ite.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.