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mackinawite

mackinawite noun: a tetragonal iron nickel sulfide mineral that occurs as opaque bronze to grey-white tabular crystals and anhedral masses.

Noun

mackinawite (plural mackinawites)

  1. A tetragonal iron nickel sulfide mineral that occurs as opaque bronze to grey-white tabular crystals and anhedral masses.

Forms of mackinawite

pluralmackinawites

Origin of mackinawite

Mackinaw mine, Washington, where an occurrence was first described + -ite.

Questions about mackinawite

What does mackinawite mean?
Mackinawite means a tetragonal iron nickel sulfide mineral that occurs as opaque bronze to grey-white tabular crystals and anhedral masses.
What part of speech is mackinawite?
Mackinawite is a noun.
What is the plural of mackinawite?
The plural of mackinawite is mackinawites.

Words near mackinawite in the dictionary

  1. mackinaw skiff
  2. mackinaw skiffs
  3. mackinaw trout
  4. mackinaw trouts
  5. mackinawed
  6. mackinawite
  7. mackinawites
  8. mackinaws
  9. mackinazolinone
  10. mackinazolinones
  11. macking

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