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macfallite

macfallite noun: a monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, copper, hydrogen, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and vanadium.

Noun

macfallite

  1. A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, copper, hydrogen, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and vanadium.

Origin of macfallite

Named after American author and amateur mineralogist Russell Patterson MacFall (1903–1983), + -ite.

Questions about macfallite

What does macfallite mean?
Macfallite means a monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, copper, hydrogen, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and vanadium.
What part of speech is macfallite?
Macfallite is a noun.

Words near macfallite in the dictionary

  1. MacEvitts
  2. MacEwen
  3. Macewen's sign
  4. MacEwens
  5. Macey
  6. macfallite
  7. Macfarlane
  8. MacFarlanes
  9. macfarlanite
  10. MacFarquhar
  11. MacFarquhars

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