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bertrandite

bertrandite noun: a basic beryllium sorosilicate that is an ore of beryllium.

bertrandite: a basic beryllium sorosilicate that is an ore of beryllium
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Noun

bertrandite (countable and uncountable, plural bertrandites)

  1. A basic beryllium sorosilicate that is an ore of beryllium.

Forms of bertrandite

pluralbertrandites

Origin of bertrandite

From Bertrand + -ite, named after French mineralogist Émile Bertrand (1844-1909) in 1883.

Questions about bertrandite

What does bertrandite mean?
Bertrandite means a basic beryllium sorosilicate that is an ore of beryllium.
What part of speech is bertrandite?
Bertrandite is a noun.
What is the plural of bertrandite?
The plural of bertrandite is bertrandites.

Words near bertrandite in the dictionary

  1. Bertrand's paradox
  2. Bertrand's postulate
  3. Bertrand's reagent
  4. Bertrand-Chebyshev theorem
  5. Bertrand-Edgeworth model
  6. bertrandite
  7. Bertsch
  8. Bertsch-Oceanview
  9. Bertsches
  10. Bertucci
  11. Bertuccis

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