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bannisterite

bannisterite noun: a monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, and zinc.

Noun

bannisterite

  1. A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, and zinc.

Origin of bannisterite

From Bannister + -ite, after British mineralogist Frederick Allen Bannister.

Questions about bannisterite

What does bannisterite mean?
Bannisterite means a monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, and zinc.
What part of speech is bannisterite?
Bannisterite is a noun.

Words near bannisterite in the dictionary

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  10. Bannock County
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