Brannerite

/ˈbrænəraɪt/ noun

Definition

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

Etymology

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.

Kelly Says

Brannerite is one of thousands of minerals that were named after the scientists or locations where they were discovered—many of these names are utterly unknown outside of geology, making mineralogy a hidden linguistic world.

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