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birnessite

birnessite noun: a soft mineral, mostly containing manganese oxides, that occurs in manganese nodules.

Noun

birnessite (plural birnessites)

  1. A soft mineral, mostly containing manganese oxides, that occurs in manganese nodules.

Forms of birnessite

pluralbirnessites

Origin of birnessite

From Birness + -ite, after Birness, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, where it was first described.

Questions about birnessite

What does birnessite mean?
Birnessite means a soft mineral, mostly containing manganese oxides, that occurs in manganese nodules.
What part of speech is birnessite?
Birnessite is a noun.
What is the plural of birnessite?
The plural of birnessite is birnessites.

Words near birnessite in the dictionary

  1. birnaviruses
  2. Birnbach
  3. Birnbachs
  4. Birnbaum
  5. Birnbaums
  6. birnessite
  7. birnessites
  8. Birney
  9. Birneys
  10. Birnholtz
  11. Birnholtzes

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