Taaffeite

//ˈtɑːfʌɪt// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    A rare mauve gemstone with a hexagonal crystal structure.

Etymology

Taaffe + -ite, after Edward Charles Richard Taaffe (1898-1967), Irish gemmologist, who discovered it in a sample set of spinel from whence it was miscategorized

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