A rare mineral consisting of hydrated iron aluminum sulfate, named after its discoverer or place of discovery.
A scientific mineral name following the -ite suffix convention in mineralogy, likely named after a person (Bodenbender) who discovered or studied it, following Carl Linnaeus's naming conventions.
Mineral names like bodenbenderite are often named after geologists, and discovering a new mineral that gets your name is basically the geologist's dream—it's permanent scientific immortality!
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