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bernalite

bernalite noun: an orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, iron, lead, oxygen, silicon, and zinc.

Noun

bernalite

  1. An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, iron, lead, oxygen, silicon, and zinc.

Origin of bernalite

Named after British crystallographer John Desmond Bernal + -ite

Questions about bernalite

What does bernalite mean?
Bernalite means an orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, iron, lead, oxygen, silicon, and zinc.
What part of speech is bernalite?
Bernalite is a noun.

Words near bernalite in the dictionary

  1. Bernal
  2. Bernales
  3. Bernaleses
  4. Bernalillo
  5. Bernalillo County
  6. bernalite
  7. Bernall
  8. Bernalls
  9. Bernankean
  10. bernard
  11. Bernard's wolf

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