English Explanatory Dictionary

roggianite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, beryllium, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.

Word forms

roggianite

Etymology

Named in honour of Aldo Giuseppe Roggiani (1914-1986), Italian science teacher who found the first specimen and an expert on the mineralogy of the Ossola region Roggiani + -ite

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