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aminoffite

aminoffite noun: a tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing beryllium, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.

Noun

aminoffite

  1. A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing beryllium, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.

Origin of aminoffite

From Aminoff + -ite, named after Swedish mineralogist Gregori Aminoff.

Questions about aminoffite

What does aminoffite mean?
Aminoffite means a tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing beryllium, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.
What part of speech is aminoffite?
Aminoffite is a noun.

Words near aminoffite in the dictionary

  1. aminoethoxys
  2. aminoethyl
  3. aminoethylpiperazine
  4. aminoethyls
  5. aminoexotripeptidase
  6. aminoffite
  7. aminoformate
  8. aminoformates
  9. aminogenic
  10. aminoglutaric
  11. aminoglutarics

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