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kilchoanite

kilchoanite noun: an orthorhombic-pyramidal colorless mineral containing calcium, oxygen, and silicon.

Noun

kilchoanite

  1. An orthorhombic-pyramidal colorless mineral containing calcium, oxygen, and silicon.

Origin of kilchoanite

From Kilchoan + -ite; named after Kilchoan, a village at the western end and on the southern shore of the Ardnamurchan Peninsula, where it was first discovered.

Questions about kilchoanite

What does kilchoanite mean?
Kilchoanite means an orthorhombic-pyramidal colorless mineral containing calcium, oxygen, and silicon.
What part of speech is kilchoanite?
Kilchoanite is a noun.

Words near kilchoanite in the dictionary

  1. Kilby
  2. Kilbys
  3. kilch
  4. Kilcher
  5. Kilchoan
  6. kilchoanite
  7. Kilcock
  8. Kilcoe
  9. Kilconquhar
  10. Kilcoole
  11. Kilcoyne

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