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hislopite

hislopite noun: a bright green variety of calcite.

Noun

hislopite (uncountable)

  1. A bright green variety of calcite.

Origin of hislopite

From Hislop + -ite after Stephen Hislop (1816-1873), a Scottish missionary in India.

Questions about hislopite

What does hislopite mean?
Hislopite means a bright green variety of calcite.
What part of speech is hislopite?
Hislopite is a noun.

Words near hislopite in the dictionary

  1. Hiskett
  2. Hislam
  3. Hisle
  4. Hisles
  5. Hislop
  6. hislopite
  7. Hislops
  8. Hismaic
  9. hisn
  10. Hispana
  11. Hispania

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