thortveitite
American
[tawrt-vahy-tahyt, thawrt-]
/ tɔrtˈvaɪ taɪt, θɔrt- /
noun
Etymology
Origin of thortveitite
1910–15; < German Thortveitit, named after Olaus Thortveit, 20th-century Norwegian mineralogist; see -ite 1
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