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kongsbergite

kongsbergite noun: a variety of silver containing about 5% mercury.

Noun

kongsbergite (uncountable)

  1. A variety of silver containing about 5% mercury

Origin of kongsbergite

From Kongsberg (“Norway”) + -ite.

Questions about kongsbergite

What does kongsbergite mean?
Kongsbergite means a variety of silver containing about 5% mercury.
What part of speech is kongsbergite?
Kongsbergite is a noun.

Words near kongsbergite in the dictionary

  1. Kongolese
  2. kongoni
  3. kongonis
  4. kongs
  5. Kongsberg
  6. kongsbergite
  7. kongsi
  8. kongsis
  9. Kongsvinger
  10. Kongtong
  11. Kongu Nadu

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