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ferberite

ferberite noun: a monoclinic-prismatic black mineral containing iron, oxygen, and tungsten.

Noun

ferberite (countable and uncountable, plural ferberites)

  1. A monoclinic-prismatic black mineral containing iron, oxygen, and tungsten.

Forms of ferberite

pluralferberites

Origin of ferberite

Named after German mineralogist Moritz Rudolph Ferber + -ite.

Words formed from ferberite

Questions about ferberite

What does ferberite mean?
Ferberite means a monoclinic-prismatic black mineral containing iron, oxygen, and tungsten.
What part of speech is ferberite?
Ferberite is a noun.
What is the plural of ferberite?
The plural of ferberite is ferberites.

Words near ferberite in the dictionary

  1. Ferazees
  2. ferbam
  3. Ferbane
  4. Ferber
  5. Ferber method
  6. ferberite
  7. ferberites
  8. ferberitic
  9. Ferberization
  10. Ferberize
  11. Ferberized

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