5 minerals with tongue-twisting names

5 minerals with tongue-twisting names

Amidst elements with funny names and other well-known materials with names we have all heard before, there are also minerals with awkward, tongue-twisting names.

Many of these denominations are created from the names of the scientists and researchers that discovered the rocks, but that doesn’t make them less strange. If you think we are exaggerating, take a look at this infographic brought to you by Mining Examiner and you’ll see we are right.

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