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fuchsite

fuchsite noun: a green variety of muscovite.

Noun

fuchsite (plural fuchsites)

  1. A green variety of muscovite

Forms of fuchsite

pluralfuchsites

Origin of fuchsite

Named in 1842 by Karl F. Emil von Schafhäutl in honor of Johann Nepomuk von Fuchs, a German chemist and mineralogist.

Questions about fuchsite

What does fuchsite mean?
Fuchsite means a green variety of muscovite.
What part of speech is fuchsite?
Fuchsite is a noun.
What is the plural of fuchsite?
The plural of fuchsite is fuchsites.

Words near fuchsite in the dictionary

  1. fuchsinophil
  2. fuchsinophile
  3. fuchsinophilic
  4. fuchsinophils
  5. fuchsins
  6. fuchsite
  7. fuchsites
  8. Fuchū
  9. fuci
  10. fucidin
  11. fucitol

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