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As a rockhound, I find the names of minerals quite laughable. It's like some consortium just picked a random word and added "-ite" ... and presto ... new mine
by SoSoRoCoCo 6y ago
As a rockhound, I find the names of minerals quite laughable. It's like some consortium just picked a random word and added "-ite" ... and presto ... new mineral!
Eager to see the new taxonomy and naming convention. Hopefully it isn't as baroque as O-chem naming!
- s0rce 6y agoThe people who discover them can name them, though not after oneself. You can name them after your mentor or anything really, usually adding ite.