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gerhardtite

gerhardtite noun: an orthorhombic-disphenoidal mineral containing copper, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen.

Noun

gerhardtite

  1. An orthorhombic-disphenoidal mineral containing copper, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen.

Origin of gerhardtite

From Gerhardt + -ite, after Charles Frédéric Gerhardt (1816-1856), a chemist who first prepared the artificial compound.

Questions about gerhardtite

What does gerhardtite mean?
Gerhardtite means an orthorhombic-disphenoidal mineral containing copper, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen.
What part of speech is gerhardtite?
Gerhardtite is a noun.

Words near gerhardtite in the dictionary

  1. Gergovia
  2. Gergovian
  3. Gergovians
  4. Gerhardt
  5. Gerhardtian
  6. gerhardtite
  7. Gerhardts
  8. Gerhart
  9. Gerharts
  10. Gerhold
  11. Gerholds

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