Meanings
nounameghinite (uncountable)
- uncountablechemistryA soft monoclinic mineral found in Argentina.
Origin
From Italian Ameghino + -ite, after the Argentine geologist brothers Carlos Ameghino (1865–1936) and Florentino Ameghino (1854–1911).
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