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mawsonite

mawsonite noun: a tetragonal-scalenohedral brownish orange mineral containing copper, iron, sulfur, and tin.

Noun

mawsonite

  1. A tetragonal-scalenohedral brownish orange mineral containing copper, iron, sulfur, and tin.

Origin of mawsonite

? + -ite

Questions about mawsonite

What does mawsonite mean?
Mawsonite means a tetragonal-scalenohedral brownish orange mineral containing copper, iron, sulfur, and tin.
What part of speech is mawsonite?
Mawsonite is a noun.

Words near mawsonite in the dictionary

  1. Mawson
  2. Mawson Sea
  3. Mawson Station
  4. mawsoniid
  5. mawsoniids
  6. mawsonite
  7. Mawsons
  8. mawther
  9. mawthers
  10. mawworm
  11. mawwormism

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