English
juanitaite
From Juanita + -ite, named after Juanita A.
Formed from Juanita + -ite
Koine Greek Ἰωάννα
Medieval Latin Johanna
Old Spanish Johanna
Spanish Juana
Spanish Juanita
English Juanita
The story
From Juanita + -ite, named after Juanita A. Curtis (1917–2006), an American amateur mineral collector who discovered it.
Today it means
noun A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing arsenic, bismuth, calcium, copper, hydrogen, iron, and oxygen.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / juanitaite