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hisingerite

hisingerite noun: an iron silicate with a dark-brown or black color, formula Fe³⁺₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·2H₂O.

Noun

hisingerite (countable and uncountable, plural hisingerites)

  1. An iron silicate with a dark-brown or black color, formula Fe³⁺₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·2H₂O.

Forms of hisingerite

pluralhisingerites

Origin of hisingerite

From Swedish Hisinger + -ite after Wilhelm Hisinger, Swedish chemist.

Questions about hisingerite

What does hisingerite mean?
Hisingerite means an iron silicate with a dark-brown or black color, formula Fe³⁺₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·2H₂O.
What part of speech is hisingerite?
Hisingerite is a noun.
What is the plural of hisingerite?
The plural of hisingerite is hisingerites.

Words near hisingerite in the dictionary

  1. hishes
  2. hishi
  3. hishing
  4. hisian
  5. Hisingen
  6. hisingerite
  7. hisingerites
  8. Hiskett
  9. Hislam
  10. Hisle
  11. Hisles

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hisingerite (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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