miserite
The English word “miserite” has 1 meaning listed here.
noun
- A lilac-pink or red triclinic-pinacoidal rare-earth mineral of interest also for cleaning up radioactive and other wastes and for ceramics.
Etymology
From Miser (“a surname”) + -ite, named for Dr. Hugh D. Miser, a geologist of the U.S. Geological Survey.
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