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brewsterite

brewsterite noun: any of a series of hydrothermal tectosilicate minerals of the zeolite group.

Noun

brewsterite (uncountable)

  1. Any of a series of hydrothermal tectosilicate minerals of the zeolite group.

Origin of brewsterite

From Brewster + -ite after Sir David Brewster, who described it in 1822.

Questions about brewsterite

What does brewsterite mean?
Brewsterite means any of a series of hydrothermal tectosilicate minerals of the zeolite group.
What part of speech is brewsterite?
Brewsterite is a noun.

Words near brewsterite in the dictionary

  1. Brewster County
  2. Brewster's angle
  3. Brewster's angles
  4. Brewster's booby
  5. Brewster's law
  6. brewsterite
  7. brewsters
  8. Brewton
  9. Brewtons
  10. brewup
  11. brewups

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