gersdorffite
American
[gerz-dawr-fahyt, gers-]
/ ˈgɛrz dɔrˌfaɪt, ˈgɛrs- /
noun
Etymology
Origin of gersdorffite
1840–50; < German, after von Gersdorff, the name of a 19th-century family of mine owners in Austria; see -ite 1
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