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noun
A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, manganese, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
Topics: chemistry, geography, geology, mineralogy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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History
Named after Japanese mineralogist at Tohoku University Shukusuke Kozu (1880–1955), but discredited as a name in 2012, where it was renamed mangano-ferri-eckermannite for nomenclature systematicity. The suffix -lite is from Ancient Greek λίθος (líthos, “stone”) for it being a mineral.
