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bournonite

bournonite noun: a sulfosalt mineral, a sulfantimonite of lead and copper.

Noun

bournonite (countable and uncountable, plural bournonites)

  1. A sulfosalt mineral, a sulfantimonite of lead and copper.

Forms of bournonite

pluralbournonites

Origin of bournonite

From Bournon + -ite after French crystallographer and mineralogist Jacques Louis de Bournon (1751–1825).

Questions about bournonite

What does bournonite mean?
Bournonite means a sulfosalt mineral, a sulfantimonite of lead and copper.
What part of speech is bournonite?
Bournonite is a noun.
What is the plural of bournonite?
The plural of bournonite is bournonites.

Words near bournonite in the dictionary

  1. bournes
  2. Bournes Green
  3. Bourneville's disease
  4. Bournewood
  5. bournless
  6. bournonite
  7. bournonites
  8. bournous
  9. bournouses
  10. bourns
  11. Bournville

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