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mendozavilite

mendozavilite noun: a monoclinic mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, molybdenum, oxygen, phosphorus, sodium, and strontium.

Noun

mendozavilite

  1. (archaic) A monoclinic mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, molybdenum, oxygen, phosphorus, sodium, and strontium.
  2. A group of said minerals with a common chemical base.

Origin of mendozavilite

Named after Mexican geologist Heriberto Mendoza Avila (1924–), who discovered the mineral, + -ite. The mineral was given the suffix of -NaFe in 2010 when more related species were discovered to differentiate it from other species of alternate element dominance.

Words formed from mendozavilite

Questions about mendozavilite

What does mendozavilite mean?
Mendozavilite means a monoclinic mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, molybdenum, oxygen, phosphorus, sodium, and strontium.
What part of speech is mendozavilite?
Mendozavilite is a noun.

Words near mendozavilite in the dictionary

  1. Mendosas
  2. Mendota
  3. mendoza
  4. Mendoza line
  5. mendozas
  6. mendozavilite
  7. mendozer
  8. mendozers
  9. mendozite
  10. Mendrelgang
  11. Mendrisio

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