A rare mineral of complex chemical composition, named after a mineralogist or notable figure in geology.
Named according to mineralogical convention by adding the -ite suffix to a surname (Hancock), honoring a person's contributions to mineral science. This follows the standard practice of eponymous naming in mineralogy.
Mineralogists have discovered hundreds of minerals and get to name them, but when you name a mineral after yourself or a colleague, you're basically guaranteeing your name will be in geology textbooks forever—a clever form of immortality!
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