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christelite

christelite noun: a triclinic-pinacoidal greenish blue mineral containing copper, hydrogen, oxygen, sulfur, and zinc.

Noun

christelite (uncountable)

  1. A triclinic-pinacoidal greenish blue mineral containing copper, hydrogen, oxygen, sulfur, and zinc.

Origin of christelite

Named after the wife of Georg Gebhard (discoverer), Christel Gebhard-Giesen + -ite.

Questions about christelite

What does christelite mean?
Christelite means a triclinic-pinacoidal greenish blue mineral containing copper, hydrogen, oxygen, sulfur, and zinc.
What part of speech is christelite?
Christelite is a noun.

Words near christelite in the dictionary

  1. Christcross row
  2. Christcross-row
  3. Christcuck
  4. Christcucks
  5. Christdom
  6. christelite
  7. Christelow
  8. christen
  9. christen name
  10. Christenbury
  11. Christenburys

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