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achávalite

achávalite noun: a dark grey hexagonal mineral containing iron and selenium.

Noun

achávalite

  1. A dark grey hexagonal mineral containing iron and selenium.

Origin of achávalite

Named achavalite in 1939 after Luis Achával (1870-1938), civil engineer and Professor at Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Renamed achávalite by the IMA in 2015. Achával + -ite

Questions about achávalite

What does achávalite mean?
Achávalite means a dark grey hexagonal mineral containing iron and selenium.
What part of speech is achávalite?
Achávalite is a noun.

Words near achávalite in the dictionary

  1. achyranthe
  2. achyranthes
  3. achyranthoid
  4. achyranthoids
  5. Achyuth
  6. achávalite
  7. Achæa
  8. Achæan
  9. Achæans
  10. Achæmenes
  11. Achæmenian

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