Brannerite

/ˈbrænəraɪt/ noun

A black uranium titanium oxide mineral, often found in small amounts in certain rocks and ore deposits.

Named after the person or place associated with its discovery, using the mineralogical suffix '-ite' (which denotes minerals). Likely a 19th or 20th-century scientific naming.

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