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guilleminite

guilleminite noun: an orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing barium, hydrogen, oxygen, selenium, and uranium.

Noun

guilleminite

  1. An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing barium, hydrogen, oxygen, selenium, and uranium.

Origin of guilleminite

Named for Jean-Claude Guillemin (1923–1994), founder of the Service Géologique National of the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières: Guillemin + -ite.

Questions about guilleminite

What does guilleminite mean?
Guilleminite means an orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing barium, hydrogen, oxygen, selenium, and uranium.
What part of speech is guilleminite?
Guilleminite is a noun.

Words near guilleminite in the dictionary

  1. Guillelmite
  2. Guillelmites
  3. guillemet
  4. guillemets
  5. Guillemin
  6. guilleminite
  7. Guillemins
  8. guillemot
  9. guillemots
  10. Guillen
  11. Guillens

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