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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of scientific terms with Scottish connections).
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TACHARANITE. Geol. A calcium silicate hydrate containing magnesium and aluminium (1961 Miner. Mag. XXXII. 745).
[Named by the discoverer J. M. Sweet from Gael. tacharan, a changeling.]
