Travis Olds of the University of Notre Dame and colleagues described ewingite, which is the most structurally complex known mineral on Earth.

Ewingite is named in honor of Rodney C. Ewing, Professor of Geological Sciences at Stanford University, USA.

[3] The mineral is rare, due to its very narrow pH and compositional range required for formation, which are only known to occur in the Plavno mine.

[2] The type specimen of ewingite has been placed in the mineralogy collections at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.

[3] Czech Republic : Plavno mine, Jáchymov District, Krušné Hory Mountains, Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia[citation needed]