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Etymology edit

Named in honour of Professor Witold Żabiński (1929-2007), an eminent Polish mineralogist and co-founder and later President of the Mineralogical Society of Poland.

Żabiński + -ite

Noun edit

żabińskiite

  1. (mineralogy) A brownish triclinic mineral containing aluminium, calcium, niobium, oxygen, silicon, and tantalum.

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