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cylindrite

cylindrite noun: a sulfosalt mineral, containing tin, lead, antimony and iron, whose triclinic pinacoidal crystals often occur as tubes or cylinders.

Noun

cylindrite (countable and uncountable, plural cylindrites)

  1. A sulfosalt mineral, containing tin, lead, antimony and iron, whose triclinic pinacoidal crystals often occur as tubes or cylinders.

Forms of cylindrite

pluralcylindrites

Origin of cylindrite

From cylinder + -ite.

Questions about cylindrite

What does cylindrite mean?
Cylindrite means a sulfosalt mineral, containing tin, lead, antimony and iron, whose triclinic pinacoidal crystals often occur as tubes or cylinders.
What part of speech is cylindrite?
Cylindrite is a noun.
What is the plural of cylindrite?
The plural of cylindrite is cylindrites.

Words near cylindrite in the dictionary

  1. cylindrifies
  2. cylindriform
  3. cylindrify
  4. cylindrifying
  5. cylindrin
  6. cylindrite
  7. cylindrites
  8. cylindrocarcinoma
  9. cylindrocellular
  10. cylindroconical
  11. cylindrodont

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