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From Vyacheslav + -ite, named after Russian mineralogist Vyacheslav Gavilovich Melkov.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: An orthorhombic mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and uranium. Full definition →
From Vyacheslav + -ite, named after Russian mineralogist Vyacheslav Gavilovich Melkov.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.