taaffeite.
A rare mauve gemstone with a hexagonal crystal structure.
Meaning & usage
A rare mauve gemstone with a hexagonal crystal structure.
Where this word comes from
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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