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Named for one of its type localities Taneyama Mine (in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan) + -lite.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A triclinic-pedial mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, silicon, and sodium. Full definition →
Named for one of its type localities Taneyama Mine (in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan) + -lite.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.