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From Torrey + -ite after John Torrey (1796-1873), an American naturalist who made an early study of minerals in Franklin, New Jersey, USA.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
torreyite
Today it means: A monoclinic-prismatic bluish white mineral containing hydrogen, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, sulfur, and zinc. Full definition →