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From tranquillity + -ite, after the Sea of Tranquillity, a basin on the Moon where the mineral was first found.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A hexagonal dark red mineral containing iron, oxygen, silicon, titanium, yttrium, and zirconium. Full definition →
From tranquillity + -ite, after the Sea of Tranquillity, a basin on the Moon where the mineral was first found.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.