A mineral or crystalline salt formed from acetic acid, or historically, a chemical compound related to acetates.
From acetic acid + the suffix -ite (meaning mineral or salt), following the naming convention for crystalline minerals discovered or created in the 1800s.
The -ite suffix is the geologist's way of saying 'crystal' or 'mineral'—so acetite literally means 'acetic crystal,' and it's one of thousands of minerals and compounds named this way.
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