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chromphyllite

chromphyllite noun: a monoclinic-prismatic emerald green mineral containing aluminum, barium, chromium, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, potassium, and silicon.

Noun

chromphyllite

  1. A monoclinic-prismatic emerald green mineral containing aluminum, barium, chromium, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, potassium, and silicon.

Origin of chromphyllite

For its composition of (CHROM)ium and its micaceous cleavage, Ancient Greek φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”) + -ite.

Questions about chromphyllite

What does chromphyllite mean?
Chromphyllite means a monoclinic-prismatic emerald green mineral containing aluminum, barium, chromium, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, potassium, and silicon.
What part of speech is chromphyllite?
Chromphyllite is a noun.

Words near chromphyllite in the dictionary

  1. chromovitrectomy
  2. chromoxylograph
  3. chromoxylographic
  4. chromoxylographs
  5. chromoxylography
  6. chromphyllite
  7. chrompicotite
  8. chromule
  9. chromules
  10. chromy
  11. chromyl

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