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cryptohalite

cryptohalite noun: an isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing fluorine, hydrogen, nitrogen, and silicon.

Noun

cryptohalite (uncountable)

  1. An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing fluorine, hydrogen, nitrogen, and silicon.

Origin of cryptohalite

From crypto- + halite, because it was mixed in with salammoniac in the type locality. + -ite.

Questions about cryptohalite

What does cryptohalite mean?
Cryptohalite means an isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing fluorine, hydrogen, nitrogen, and silicon.
What part of speech is cryptohalite?
Cryptohalite is a noun.

Words near cryptohalite in the dictionary

  1. cryptographing
  2. cryptographist
  3. cryptographists
  4. cryptographs
  5. cryptography
  6. cryptohalite
  7. cryptojack
  8. cryptojacked
  9. cryptojacking
  10. cryptojackings
  11. cryptojacks

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