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Tarbuttite from the type locality in Zambia

  • ... that tarbuttite (pictured) was named for the director of a company?
  • ... that the mineral sonolite is named for the mine in Japan where it was discovered?
  • ... that leucophoenicite is so named for its purple-red color?
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