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crossite

crossite noun: an inosilicate double-chain sodic amphibole mineral of the riebeckite group, now discredited.

Noun

crossite (countable and uncountable, plural crossites)

  1. An inosilicate double-chain sodic amphibole mineral of the riebeckite group, now discredited.

Forms of crossite

pluralcrossites

Origin of crossite

From Cross + -ite, after the American petrologist Charles Whitman Cross.

Questions about crossite

What does crossite mean?
Crossite means an inosilicate double-chain sodic amphibole mineral of the riebeckite group, now discredited.
What part of speech is crossite?
Crossite is a noun.
What is the plural of crossite?
The plural of crossite is crossites.

Words near crossite in the dictionary

  1. crossinhibition
  2. crossinhibitory
  3. crossinjection
  4. crossinjections
  5. crossish
  6. crossite
  7. crossites
  8. crossjack
  9. crossjacks
  10. Crosskeys
  11. crosskick

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