Etymology

uvarovite

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Today it means: A rare chromium-bearing garnet mineral with a vivid emerald-green colour. Full definition →

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The story

From Uvarov + -ite, after Count Sergei Semenovitch Uvarov (1765-1855).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.