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ashburtonite

ashburtonite noun: a tetragonal-dipyramidal blue mineral containing carbon, chlorine, copper, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and silicon.

Noun

ashburtonite

  1. A tetragonal-dipyramidal blue mineral containing carbon, chlorine, copper, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and silicon.

Origin of ashburtonite

From Ashburton + -ite (from an occurrence in Ashburton Downs in Western Australia).

Questions about ashburtonite

What does ashburtonite mean?
Ashburtonite means a tetragonal-dipyramidal blue mineral containing carbon, chlorine, copper, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and silicon.
What part of speech is ashburtonite?
Ashburtonite is a noun.

Words near ashburtonite in the dictionary

  1. Ashburn
  2. Ashburner
  3. Ashburnham
  4. Ashburns
  5. Ashburton
  6. ashburtonite
  7. Ashbury
  8. Ashburys
  9. Ashby
  10. Ashby Heights
  11. Ashby Island

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