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braggite

braggite noun: a tetragonal-dipyramidal steel gray mineral containing nickel, palladium, platinum, and sulfur.

Noun

braggite

  1. A tetragonal-dipyramidal steel gray mineral containing nickel, palladium, platinum, and sulfur.

Origin of braggite

From Bragg + -ite, named after Sir William Henry Bragg and Professor William Lawrence Bragg, pioneers in the X-ray investigations of crystals.

Questions about braggite

What does braggite mean?
Braggite means a tetragonal-dipyramidal steel gray mineral containing nickel, palladium, platinum, and sulfur.
What part of speech is braggite?
Braggite is a noun.

Words near braggite in the dictionary

  1. braggingly
  2. braggings
  3. braggish
  4. braggishly
  5. braggishness
  6. braggite
  7. braggle
  8. braggles
  9. braggot
  10. braggy
  11. bragless

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