It was discovered by James Dwight Dana in 1888, and named beryllonite for its beryllium content.
The meadows are named for James Dwight Dana (1813–1895), a professor of geology and natural history at Yale.
Danalite was first described in 1866 from a deposit in Essex County, Massachusetts and named for American mineralogist James Dwight Dana (1813–1895).
He called the new mineral silico-boro-calcite; it was given the name howlite by James Dwight Dana shortly thereafter.
James Dwight Dana (1813–1895), American geologist, mineralogist and zoologist
James Bond | Dwight D. Eisenhower | James Joyce | James Brown | James Cook | James Stewart | James II of England | James Garner | James | James Cameron | James Taylor | James Madison | James May | Henry James | James Cagney | James II | James Caan | James Earl Jones | LeBron James | James Monroe | James Franco | James I | William James | Dwight Yoakam | James Wyatt | James, son of Zebedee | James Dean | James A. Garfield | Etta James | Jesse James |