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Named after Bulgarian petrographer Svetlozar Botev (1940–1971), + -ite.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A zeolite containing calcium, potassium, sodium, aluminium, silicon, hydrogen and oxygen. Full definition →
Named after Bulgarian petrographer Svetlozar Botev (1940–1971), + -ite.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.