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huntite

huntite noun: a trigonal-trapezohedral mineral containing calcium, carbon, magnesium, and oxygen.

Noun

huntite (countable and uncountable, plural huntites)

  1. A trigonal-trapezohedral mineral containing calcium, carbon, magnesium, and oxygen.
    • [A] good white is also very precious. It is valued partly because […] the best of it – a clay called huntite – is believed to be the faeces of the Rainbow Snake.2002, Victoria Finlay, Colour, Sceptre, page 49

Forms of huntite

pluralhuntites

Origin of huntite

From the name of Walter Frederick Hunt (1882–1975), US mineralogist, + -ite.

Questions about huntite

What does huntite mean?
Huntite means a trigonal-trapezohedral mineral containing calcium, carbon, magnesium, and oxygen.
What part of speech is huntite?
Huntite is a noun.
What is the plural of huntite?
The plural of huntite is huntites.

Words near huntite in the dictionary

  1. Huntingtonians
  2. Huntingtonism
  3. Huntingtons
  4. Huntingtown
  5. Huntingwood
  6. huntite
  7. huntless
  8. Huntley
  9. Huntleys
  10. Huntleys Cove
  11. Huntleys Point

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