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karlite

karlite noun: an orthorhombic-disphenoidal mineral containing aluminum, boron, chlorine, hydrogen, magnesium, and oxygen.

Noun

karlite

  1. An orthorhombic-disphenoidal mineral containing aluminum, boron, chlorine, hydrogen, magnesium, and oxygen.

Origin of karlite

Named after German professor of mineralogy and petrology at Christian Albrechts University, Dr. Franz Karl (1918–1972), + -ite.

Questions about karlite

What does karlite mean?
Karlite means an orthorhombic-disphenoidal mineral containing aluminum, boron, chlorine, hydrogen, magnesium, and oxygen.
What part of speech is karlite?
Karlite is a noun.

Words near karlite in the dictionary

  1. Karli
  2. Karlie
  3. Karling
  4. Karlingian
  5. Karlings
  6. karlite
  7. Karlivka
  8. Karlobag
  9. Karloff
  10. Karloffian
  11. karlotoxin

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