taaffeite

n. [矿]铍镁晶石

发音

UK /ˈtɑːfʌɪt/

词形变化

taaffeites 复数 taaffeites

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A rare mauve gemstone with a hexagonal crystal structure.

    化学 地质

词源

Taaffe + -ite, after Edward Charles Richard Taaffe (1898-1967), Irish gemmologist, who discovered it in a sample set of spinel from whence it was miscategorized

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