dessauite

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What does dessauite mean?

A trigonal-rhombohedral black mineral containing iron, lead, oxygen, strontium, titanium, uranium, and yttrium.

Where does dessauite come from?

From Dessau + -ite after Gabor Dessau (1907-1983), professor of ore mineralogy at the University of Pisa, Italy.

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