nierite

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Nier +‎ -ite
Named for Alfred Otto Carl Nier, the American physicist who pioneered mass spectrometry, and used it to isolate Uranium-235.

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nierite (uncountable)

  1. (mineral,chemistry) A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal mineral containing four nitrogen and three silicon.

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