Etymology

tyrolite

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Today it means: A hydrated calcium copper arsenate carbonate mineral that forms glassy blue to green orthorhombic radial crystals and botryoidal masses. Full definition →

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The story

From Tyrol (“place name in Austria, where it was discovered”) + -ite.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.