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Originally posted by shavixmir
Yes...it sounds very useful.
To a chemist, yes. If someone's not using or studying chemistry what business do they have bitching about how chemicals are named?

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Originally posted by AThousandYoung
To a chemist, yes. If someone's not using or studying chemistry what business do they have bitching about how chemicals are named?
http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/sillymolecules/sillymols.htm

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Originally posted by Peakite
http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/sillymolecules/sillymols.htm
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Cummingtonite

This mineral must have the silliest name of them all! Its official name is magnesium iron silicate hydroxide, and it has the formula (Mg,Fe)7Si8O22(OH)2. It got its name from the locality where it was first found, Cummington, Massachusetts, USA.

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We used this stuff at school in the uk - can't recall why!

I do however remember accidentally taking a mouthful of it. Not unpleasant, slightly fruity flavour - I wouldn't advocate anyone else try it though.