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Named after Australian mineralogist Frank Leslie Stillwell (1888–1963), + -ite. As a rare earth mineral ore, it usually requires a suffix of the element (i.e. Stillwellite-(Ce)).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A trigonal-pyramidal rare earth borosilicate mineral. Full definition →
Named after Australian mineralogist Frank Leslie Stillwell (1888–1963), + -ite. As a rare earth mineral ore, it usually requires a suffix of the element (i.e. Stillwellite-(Ce)).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.