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hannayite

hannayite noun: a triclinic-pinacoidal yellow mineral containing hydrogen, magnesium, nitrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus.

Noun

hannayite

  1. A triclinic-pinacoidal yellow mineral containing hydrogen, magnesium, nitrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus.

Origin of hannayite

From Hannay + -ite, after James Hannay, friend of R. W. E. MacIvor, who discovered and named it.

Questions about hannayite

What does hannayite mean?
Hannayite means a triclinic-pinacoidal yellow mineral containing hydrogen, magnesium, nitrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus.
What part of speech is hannayite?
Hannayite is a noun.

Words near hannayite in the dictionary

  1. Hannam Vale
  2. Hannan
  3. Hannans
  4. Hannas
  5. Hannay
  6. hannayite
  7. Hannbeck
  8. hannebachite
  9. Hanned
  10. Hanneken
  11. Hannekens

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