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girvasite

girvasite noun: a monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing calcium, carbon, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, phosphorus, and sodium.

Noun

girvasite

  1. A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing calcium, carbon, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, phosphorus, and sodium.

Origin of girvasite

гирвас (girvas) + -ite. Named for Lake Girvas in Murmansk Oblast, Russia, where the mineral was found. The name of the lake is probably of Sami origin, likely from Kildin Sami сарьвэсь (sar’ves’).

Questions about girvasite

What does girvasite mean?
Girvasite means a monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing calcium, carbon, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, phosphorus, and sodium.
What part of speech is girvasite?
Girvasite is a noun.

Words near girvasite in the dictionary

  1. girus
  2. giruses
  3. Girvan
  4. Girvan-Newman algorithm
  5. Girvans
  6. girvasite
  7. Girven
  8. Girvin
  9. Girvins
  10. girya
  11. giryas

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