Etymology

whitlockite

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Today it means: A rare form of calcium phosphate. Full definition →

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The story

From Whitlock + -ite, after Herbert Percy Whitlock (1868-1948), American mineralogist.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.