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Zaratite was found originally in Galicia, Spain in 1851, and named after Spanish diplomat and dramat

Linnaeite is a cobalt sulfide mineral discovered in 1845 in Västmanland, Sweden, and was named to ho

Dypingite was named in 1970 by Gunnar Raade after the type locality, the Dypingdal Serpentine-magnes

Dundasite is named after the type locality, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia, where the mineral was first

voiceofnature:In the early 1800s a man named Little Jon lived in this so called earth cabin (swe. ‘b

Znucalite was named in 1990 by Petr Ondruš, František Veselovský, and R. Rybka for its constituent e

Rammelsbergite is named after the German chemist and mineralogist, Karl Friedrich August Rammelsberg

Stützite was first described in 1951 from a museum specimen from Sacarimb, Romania. It was named for

Aphids grow a bacterium named Buchnera in specialized cells called bacteriocytes, feeding them all t

Pentlandite is named in honor of Joseph Barclay Pentland, a natural scientist from Ireland who first

Pyrophyllite is named after the Greek words ‘pyr’ - 'fire’ and 'phyllon’ - l

Orangutans are named not for the  color, orange. Their name comes from the Indonesian and Malay word

Pyrrhotite is named from the Greek word pyrrhos, which means ‘color of fire’. #science #

Vladimirite is named after the Vladimirovskoye deposit in Russia, where it was discovered in the 195

A silver fox named Shadow would be the coolest thingEris the Fox

The blackening russule - Russula nigricans - is well named for the way it turns black on maturation,

The Giant Pink Slugs of Mount Kaputar, AustraliaThese carnivorous slugs, scientifically named as Tri

Pearceite is named in honor of Dr. Richard Pearce, a Cornish-American chemist from Colorado. #scienc

First discovered in 1828 in Italy, pectolite is named from the Greek ‘pektos’, meaning '

Donnayite was identified by and named after Joseph D. H. Donnay and his wife, Gabrielle Donnay - bot

The bat-eared fox is named for its huge ears, which can grow to be more than five inches long and st

The Namib Desert, for which the country Namibia is named and whose name means “open space,&rdq

Princess of Wales Parakeet.An Australian Parrot named after the Princess Alexandra of Denmark who ma

Spotted LakeThis shot shows a famous site named Spotted Lake, near the small Canadian town of Osoyoo

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