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From Italian Zanazzi + -ite, after P. F. Zanazzi, Italian professor of mineralogy.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
zanazziite
Today it means: A complex phosphate with the chemical formula Ca₂(Mg,Fe)(Mg,Fe,Mn,Al)₄Be₄(OH)₄(PO₄)₆·6H₂O, having a pale to dark olive-green colour. Full definition →