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Named in 1861 by Karl Ferdinand Peters in honour of Stephen Szaibely (1777-1855), mine surveyor of Rézbánya, Hungary, now Romania. Szaibely + -ite
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing boron, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, and oxygen. Full definition →
Named in 1861 by Karl Ferdinand Peters in honour of Stephen Szaibely (1777-1855), mine surveyor of Rézbánya, Hungary, now Romania. Szaibely + -ite
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.