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criddleite

criddleite noun: a monoclinic-prismatic black mineral containing antimony, gold, silver, sulfur, and thallium.

Noun

criddleite (uncountable)

  1. A monoclinic-prismatic black mineral containing antimony, gold, silver, sulfur, and thallium.

Origin of criddleite

Criddle + -ite, after English mineralogist Alan J. Criddle (1944-2002).

Questions about criddleite

What does criddleite mean?
Criddleite means a monoclinic-prismatic black mineral containing antimony, gold, silver, sulfur, and thallium.
What part of speech is criddleite?
Criddleite is a noun.

Words near criddleite in the dictionary

  1. cricovocal
  2. crics
  3. Cricău
  4. cridanimod
  5. Criddle
  6. criddleite
  7. Criddles
  8. Crider
  9. Cridland
  10. Cridlands
  11. crie

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