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kentrolite

kentrolite noun: an orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, iron, lead, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, silicon, and titanium.

Noun

kentrolite

  1. An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, iron, lead, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, silicon, and titanium.

Origin of kentrolite

From Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron, “sting, spike”) (etymon of κέντρο (kéntro, “center”))+ λίθος (líthos, “stone”), because of its crystal habit.

Questions about kentrolite

What does kentrolite mean?
Kentrolite means an orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, iron, lead, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, silicon, and titanium.
What part of speech is kentrolite?
Kentrolite is a noun.

Words near kentrolite in the dictionary

  1. kentriodontids
  2. kentrogon
  3. kentrogonid
  4. kentrogonids
  5. kentrogons
  6. kentrolite
  7. kents
  8. Kents Bank
  9. Kents Hill
  10. Kents Hill, Monkston and Brinklow
  11. Kentuckian

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