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Molecules with silly names ^_^ - 12/3/2008 12:42:18 PM

RainydayNE

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a friend just sent me this on YIM :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cummingtonite

http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/sillymolecules/sillymols.htm

---"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."

(no, there's no virus on either of these pages haha)
some of you probably know this stuff, but i find it quite entertaining =p

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RE: Molecules with silly names ^_^ - 12/3/2008 3:19:39 PM

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OMG! I love these!!! Can't wait to send them around the department tomorrow. Some of the Chemistry teachers will plotz!!

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