MrAptronymMrAptronym@mastodon.social
Sep 7, 2023, 1:59 PMOn team Cavansite today. I really like that its name is just its chemistry: CA-lcium VAN-adium SI-licate. It's just a bit silly.
My only experience with the mineral was using it as a spectra component in an EXAFS fit, and my main impression was just that it was a very striking blue.