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algerite

algerite noun: an altered form of scapolite, originally believed to be a unique mineral.

Noun

algerite (countable and uncountable, plural algerites)

  1. An altered form of scapolite, originally believed to be a unique mineral.
    • I offer it as a new mineral species which will take a place by the side of edingtonite ; and to connect with his favorite science, the name of one who is among its most successful cultivators, I propose for it the designation of Algerite.1849 May 5, T. S. Hunt, “Chemical Examination of Algerite”, in The American Journal of Science and Arts, volume 8, number 22, page 106
    • Algerite, named by Mr. Hunt in honour of its discoverer, Mr. Alger, is found in the town of Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey.1850 September, Richard Crossley, “Algerite, a new Mineral Species”, in The London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science

Forms of algerite

pluralalgerites

Origin of algerite

Coined by Thomas Sterry Hunt in 1849, because he believed that the sample of this mineral, which Mr. F. Alger found in Franklin, New Jersey, was a unique mineral.

Questions about algerite

What does algerite mean?
Algerite means an altered form of scapolite, originally believed to be a unique mineral.
What part of speech is algerite?
Algerite is a noun.
What is the plural of algerite?
The plural of algerite is algerites.

Words near algerite in the dictionary

  1. Algerianizing
  2. Algerianness
  3. Algerians
  4. algerine
  5. algerines
  6. algerite
  7. algerites
  8. Algernon
  9. algeroba
  10. algerobas
  11. algesia

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