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burnsite

burnsite noun: a hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal dark red mineral containing cadmium, chlorine, copper, oxygen, potassium, and selenium.

Noun

burnsite

  1. A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal dark red mineral containing cadmium, chlorine, copper, oxygen, potassium, and selenium.

Origin of burnsite

? + -ite

Questions about burnsite

What does burnsite mean?
Burnsite means a hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal dark red mineral containing cadmium, chlorine, copper, oxygen, potassium, and selenium.
What part of speech is burnsite?
Burnsite is a noun.

Words near burnsite in the dictionary

  1. Burnsians
  2. burnside
  3. Burnside Heights
  4. Burnside-Butler syndrome
  5. burnsides
  6. burnsite
  7. burnstickle
  8. burnstickles
  9. Burnsville
  10. Burnsworth
  11. Burnsworths

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