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lamprophyllite

lamprophyllite noun: a monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing barium, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, sodium, strontium, and titanium.

Noun

lamprophyllite (countable and uncountable, plural lamprophyllites)

  1. A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing barium, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, sodium, strontium, and titanium.

Forms of lamprophyllite

plurallamprophyllites

Origin of lamprophyllite

From Ancient Greek λαμπρός (lamprós, “shining”) + φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”), for its luster, + -ite.

Questions about lamprophyllite

What does lamprophyllite mean?
Lamprophyllite means a monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing barium, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, sodium, strontium, and titanium.
What part of speech is lamprophyllite?
Lamprophyllite is a noun.
What is the plural of lamprophyllite?
The plural of lamprophyllite is lamprophyllites.

Words near lamprophyllite in the dictionary

  1. lampropeltines
  2. lamprophiid
  3. lamprophiids
  4. lamprophonic
  5. lamprophony
  6. lamprophyllite
  7. lamprophyllites
  8. lamprophyre
  9. lamprophyres
  10. lamprophyric
  11. lampropid

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