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cheralites

cheralites is the plural of cheralite.

Meaning of cheralite

Noun

cheralite (countable and uncountable, plural cheralites)

  1. Any of a range of yellowish-brown to green minerals that are mixed phosphates of (primarily) calcium and thorium, associated with uraniferous deposits.
    • The rotation pattern in the small interplanar region was somewhat diffuse in the cheralites and Travancore monazites, but not in the Yediyoor specimens, indicating the existence of partial disorder in the former.1960, Proceedings of the National Institute of Sciences of India

Questions about cheralites

What is cheralites the plural of?
Cheralites is the plural of cheralite.

Words near cheralites in the dictionary

  1. chequis
  2. chequy
  3. cher
  4. Cher effect
  5. cheralite
  6. cheralites
  7. Cheramie
  8. Cheramies
  9. Cherasco
  10. Cheraw
  11. Cherbourg

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