algerite

Meaning

Noun

An altered form of scapolite, originally believed to be a unique mineral.

Origin

Coined by Thomas Sterry Hunt in 1849, because he believed that the sample of this mineral, which Mr. F. Alger found in Franklin, New Jersey, was a unique mineral.

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