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hauerite

hauerite noun: a manganese sulfide mineral, MnS₂, that forms reddish-brown or black octahedral crystals.

Noun

hauerite (uncountable)

  1. A manganese sulfide mineral, MnS₂, that forms reddish-brown or black octahedral crystals.

Origin of hauerite

From Hauer + -ite, after Austrian geologists Joseph and Franz Ritter von Hauer.

Questions about hauerite

What does hauerite mean?
Hauerite means a manganese sulfide mineral, MnS₂, that forms reddish-brown or black octahedral crystals.
What part of speech is hauerite?
Hauerite is a noun.

Words near hauerite in the dictionary

  1. Haudenosaunee
  2. haue
  3. Hauenstein
  4. Hauensteins
  5. Hauer
  6. hauerite
  7. Hauerland
  8. Hauers
  9. Hauff
  10. Hauffs
  11. Haufschild

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