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marekanites

marekanites is the plural of marekanite.

Meaning of marekanite

Noun

marekanite (countable and uncountable, plural marekanites)

  1. An Apache tear (obsidian nodule).
    • Marekanite balls from Corinto in Nicaragua are described; they are about the size of hazel-nuts, and black, with vitreous lustre.1899, The Quarterly Journal of the Chemical Society of London, page 38
  2. The material which such nodules consist of.
    • But the nature of marekanite is now well understood. It is the perlitic or subpumiceous modification of a glassy rhyolitic rock in situ on […]1897, Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, page 43

Questions about marekanites

What is marekanites the plural of?
Marekanites is the plural of marekanite.

Words near marekanites in the dictionary

  1. Marehan
  2. Marehay
  3. Marek
  4. Marek's disease
  5. marekanite
  6. marekanites
  7. Mareks
  8. Marella
  9. Marellas
  10. maremma
  11. maremmas

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