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katophorite

katophorite noun: a monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, and titanium.

Noun

katophorite (countable and uncountable, plural katophorites)

  1. A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, and titanium.
    • Sodium Amphibole. Aluminokatophorite Na2Ca(Fe^2,Mg)4 AlSi7 AlO22 (OH)2. Forms two series with Magnesio-aluminokatophorite and Ferrikatophorite.

Forms of katophorite

pluralkatophorites
alternative formkatoforit
alternative formkatoforite

Origin of katophorite

From German Katoforite, that from Ancient Greek κατώφορος (katṓphoros, “having a downward tendency”), from κάτω (kátō, “downward”) and φέρω (phérō, “to bear, carry”), referring to the mineral's volcanic origin. The suffix -ite was already used for other minerals.

Words formed from katophorite

Questions about katophorite

What does katophorite mean?
Katophorite means a monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, and titanium.
What part of speech is katophorite?
Katophorite is a noun.
What is the plural of katophorite?
The plural of katophorite is katophorites.

Words near katophorite in the dictionary

  1. katolimenic
  2. Katonah
  3. katonkel
  4. katonkels
  5. Katoomba
  6. katophorite
  7. katophorites
  8. katophoritic
  9. katoptrite
  10. katoptron
  11. katoptrons

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