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crandallite

crandallite noun: a trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus.

Noun

crandallite (countable and uncountable, plural crandallites)

  1. A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus.

Forms of crandallite

pluralcrandallites

Origin of crandallite

Named after American mining engineer Milan Lucian Crandall, Jr. (1880–1959), who worked in the mine where the mineral was discovered, + -ite.

Words formed from crandallite

Questions about crandallite

What does crandallite mean?
Crandallite means a trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus.
What part of speech is crandallite?
Crandallite is a noun.
What is the plural of crandallite?
The plural of crandallite is crandallites.

Words near crandallite in the dictionary

  1. cranching
  2. crandall
  3. Crandall syndrome
  4. crandalled
  5. crandalling
  6. crandallite
  7. crandalls
  8. Crandell
  9. Crandells
  10. Crandon
  11. crane

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