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glaucophane

glaucophane noun: a blue amphibole mineral, a mixed aluminate of sodium, magnesium and aluminium that exhibits pleochroism, with the chemical formula Na₂(Mg,Fe²⁺)₃Al₂Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂.

glaucophane: a blue amphibole mineral, a mixed aluminate of sodium, magnesium and aluminium that exhibits...
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Noun

glaucophane (countable and uncountable, plural glaucophanes)

  1. A blue amphibole mineral, a mixed aluminate of sodium, magnesium and aluminium that exhibits pleochroism, with the chemical formula Na₂(Mg,Fe²⁺)₃Al₂Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂.

Forms of glaucophane

pluralglaucophanes

Words formed from glaucophane

Questions about glaucophane

What does glaucophane mean?
Glaucophane means a blue amphibole mineral, a mixed aluminate of sodium, magnesium and aluminium that exhibits pleochroism, with the chemical formula Na₂(Mg,Fe²⁺)₃Al₂Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂.
What part of speech is glaucophane?
Glaucophane is a noun.
What is the plural of glaucophane?
The plural of glaucophane is glaucophanes.

Words near glaucophane in the dictionary

  1. glauconitic
  2. glauconitisation
  3. glauconitization
  4. glaucope
  5. glaucopes
  6. glaucophane
  7. glaucophanes
  8. glaucophanite
  9. glaucophanites
  10. glaucophanization
  11. glaucophanized

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