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eitelite

eitelite noun: a trigonal-rhombohedral mineral containing carbon, magnesium, oxygen, and sodium.

Noun

eitelite

  1. A trigonal-rhombohedral mineral containing carbon, magnesium, oxygen, and sodium.

Origin of eitelite

Named after German-American director of the Institute of Silicate Research at University of Toledo, Ohio, Wilhelm Eitel (1891–1979), who first synthesized the material, + -ite.

Questions about eitelite

What does eitelite mean?
Eitelite means a trigonal-rhombohedral mineral containing carbon, magnesium, oxygen, and sodium.
What part of speech is eitelite?
Eitelite is a noun.

Words near eitelite in the dictionary

  1. EITC
  2. eitch
  3. eitches
  4. EITCs
  5. Eitel
  6. eitelite
  7. Eitels
  8. either
  9. either did or died
  10. either do or die
  11. either does or dies

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