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After Hans Thomsen, Danish physical chemist, + -ite
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Today it means: A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, and sodium. Full definition →
After Hans Thomsen, Danish physical chemist, + -ite
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.