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chenevixite

chenevixite noun: a monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing arsenic, copper, hydrogen, iron, and oxygen.

Noun

chenevixite

  1. A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing arsenic, copper, hydrogen, iron, and oxygen.

Origin of chenevixite

Named after Richard Chenevix (1774-1830), French chemist and the analyst of an arsenate of copper and iron from Cornwall in 1801 that was later shown to be chenevixite. Chenevix + -ite

Questions about chenevixite

What does chenevixite mean?
Chenevixite means a monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing arsenic, copper, hydrogen, iron, and oxygen.
What part of speech is chenevixite?
Chenevixite is a noun.

Words near chenevixite in the dictionary

  1. Chenerys
  2. chenet
  3. chenets
  4. Chenevert
  5. Cheneverts
  6. chenevixite
  7. Cheney
  8. Cheney Longville
  9. Cheney syndrome
  10. Cheneyan
  11. Cheneys

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