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  • noun mineralogy A cobalt sulfide mineral that forms a series with polydymite.

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Named in honour of Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778), with -ite.

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  • Mineral named after Carl von Linné (Carolus Linnaeus) (1707–1778), Swedish taxonomist, whose treatise Systema Naturae (1735) and subsequent works laid the foundation of biological nomenclature.

    June 11, 2010