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menezesite

menezesite noun: a reddish-brown isometric mineral containing barium, hydrogen, magnesium, niobium, oxygen and zirconium.

Noun

menezesite

  1. A reddish-brown isometric mineral containing barium, hydrogen, magnesium, niobium, oxygen and zirconium

Origin of menezesite

Named in 2006 by Daniel Atencio et al in honour of Luiz Alberto Dias Menezes Filho (1950-2014), Brazilian mineralogist and geologist who first found the mineral. Menezes + -ite

Questions about menezesite

What does menezesite mean?
Menezesite means a reddish-brown isometric mineral containing barium, hydrogen, magnesium, niobium, oxygen and zirconium.
What part of speech is menezesite?
Menezesite is a noun.

Words near menezesite in the dictionary

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