It was first recognized and described by J.B. Dawson from the Ol Doinyo Lengai carbonatite lavas of Arusha Region in 1963 and named in honor of the president of Tanzania, Julius Nyerere (1922-1999).
[Name of the thing] was first identified and described by J.B. Dawson in 1963, and named after Julius Nyerere, the former president of Tanzania.