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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of scientific terms with Scottish connections).
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CRICHTONITE. Geol. A ferrous variant of ilmenite (1813 J. L. de Bournon Traité de Minéralogie 430).
[Called after Sir Alexander Crichton, of Edinburgh (1763–1856), physician to the Czar of Russia, where ilmenite is found.]
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