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fayalite

fayalite noun: yellow, olive green, brown or black mineral with orthorhombic crystals of the olivine group, Fe₂SiO₄.

fayalite: yellow, olive green, brown or black mineral with orthorhombic crystals of the olivine group, Fe₂SiO₄
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Noun

fayalite (countable and uncountable, plural fayalites)

  1. Yellow, olive green, brown or black mineral with orthorhombic crystals of the olivine group, Fe₂SiO₄.

Forms of fayalite

pluralfayalites

Origin of fayalite

From Fayal (“Faial Island in the Azores”) + -ite. Named in 1840.

Words formed from fayalite

Questions about fayalite

What does fayalite mean?
Fayalite means yellow, olive green, brown or black mineral with orthorhombic crystals of the olivine group, Fe₂SiO₄.
What part of speech is fayalite?
Fayalite is a noun.
What is the plural of fayalite?
The plural of fayalite is fayalites.

Words near fayalite in the dictionary

  1. fay gurries
  2. fay gurry
  3. Fayad
  4. Fayads
  5. Fayal
  6. fayalite
  7. fayalites
  8. fayalitic
  9. Fayard
  10. Fayards
  11. faydom

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