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berzelianite

berzelianite noun: an isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing copper and selenium.

Noun

berzelianite

  1. An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing copper and selenium.

Origin of berzelianite

Named in 1850 by James Dwight Dana in honour of Jöns Jakob Berzelius (1779-1848), Swedish chemist and the inventor of chemical symbol notation. Berzelius + an + -ite

Questions about berzelianite

What does berzelianite mean?
Berzelianite means an isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing copper and selenium.
What part of speech is berzelianite?
Berzelianite is a noun.

Words near berzelianite in the dictionary

  1. berytinid
  2. berytinids
  3. Berytus
  4. Berzasca
  5. Berzelian
  6. berzelianite
  7. berzeliite
  8. berzeline
  9. berzelium
  10. berzerk
  11. Berzerkeley

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