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dumortierite

dumortierite noun: a fibrous aluminium boro-silicate mineral that occurs in various colours.

Noun

dumortierite (countable and uncountable, plural dumortierites)

  1. A fibrous aluminium boro-silicate mineral that occurs in various colours.

Forms of dumortierite

pluraldumortierites

Origin of dumortierite

Eugene Dumortier (1803-1873), French palaeontologist, + -ite.

Words formed from dumortierite

Questions about dumortierite

What does dumortierite mean?
Dumortierite means a fibrous aluminium boro-silicate mineral that occurs in various colours.
What part of speech is dumortierite?
Dumortierite is a noun.
What is the plural of dumortierite?
The plural of dumortierite is dumortierites.

Words near dumortierite in the dictionary

  1. Dumonds
  2. Dumont
  3. Dumont's blue
  4. dumontiaceous
  5. dumontite
  6. dumortierite
  7. dumortierites
  8. dumortierninoside
  9. dumortierninosides
  10. Dumosa
  11. dumose

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