English
taaffeite
Taaffe + -ite, after Edward Charles Richard Taaffe (1898-1967), Irish gemmologist, who discovered it in a sample set of spinel from whence it was miscategorized
Formed from Taaffe + -ite
Biblical Hebrew דָּוִד
Koine Greek Δαυῑ̈́δ
Latin Dāvīd
Middle Welsh Dauyð
Welsh Dafydd ‘David’
English Taaffe
The story
Taaffe + -ite, after Edward Charles Richard Taaffe (1898-1967), Irish gemmologist, who discovered it in a sample set of spinel from whence it was miscategorized
Today it means
noun A rare mauve gemstone with a hexagonal crystal structure.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “taaffeite”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / taaffeite