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bassanite

bassanite noun: an evaporite, consisting of calcium sulfate, found at Vesuvius.

Noun

bassanite (uncountable)

  1. An evaporite, consisting of calcium sulfate, found at Vesuvius.

Origin of bassanite

From Bassani + -ite, after paleontologist Francesco Bassani

Questions about bassanite

What does bassanite mean?
Bassanite means an evaporite, consisting of calcium sulfate, found at Vesuvius.
What part of speech is bassanite?
Bassanite is a noun.

Words near bassanite in the dictionary

  1. Bassaleg
  2. Bassalia
  3. Bassalian
  4. bassanelli
  5. bassanello
  6. bassanite
  7. Bassano
  8. Bassari
  9. bassarisk
  10. bassarisks
  11. bassas

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