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hawleyite

hawleyite noun: a rare cadmium sulfide mineral in the sphalerite group.

Noun

hawleyite (uncountable)

  1. A rare cadmium sulfide mineral in the sphalerite group.

Origin of hawleyite

From Hawley + -ite, after James Edwin Hawley.

Questions about hawleyite

What does hawleyite mean?
Hawleyite means a rare cadmium sulfide mineral in the sphalerite group.
What part of speech is hawleyite?
Hawleyite is a noun.

Words near hawleyite in the dictionary

  1. Hawkyards
  2. Hawkyns
  3. Hawler
  4. Hawley
  5. Hawley Beach
  6. hawleyite
  7. Hawleys
  8. Hawling
  9. hawm
  10. hawmed
  11. hawming

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