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althausite

althausite noun: an orthorhombic-pyramidal gray mineral containing fluorine, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, and phosphorus.

althausite: an orthorhombic-pyramidal gray mineral containing fluorine, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, and...
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Noun

althausite

  1. An orthorhombic-pyramidal gray mineral containing fluorine, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, and phosphorus.

Origin of althausite

Named for Egon Althouse, a German mineralogist + -ite.

Questions about althausite

What does althausite mean?
Althausite means an orthorhombic-pyramidal gray mineral containing fluorine, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, and phosphorus.
What part of speech is althausite?
Althausite is a noun.

Words near althausite in the dictionary

  1. althaea
  2. althaeas
  3. Altham
  4. Althaus
  5. Althauses
  6. althausite
  7. althea
  8. Althean
  9. altheas
  10. altheine
  11. althesin

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