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miassite

miassite noun: an isometric-hexoctahedral gray mineral containing rhodium and sulfur.

Noun

miassite

  1. An isometric-hexoctahedral gray mineral containing rhodium and sulfur.
    • ... miassite (claeolite-biotite-syenite) in lovely sapphire-blue crystalline masses, and molybdenite is recorded from two localities. Among other minerals of more or less industrial interest are ilmenite, titanite, magnetite[…]1898, Institution of Mining Engineers (Great Britain), The Mining Engineer: Journal of The Institution of Mining Engineers, page 550
    • ... miassite (biotite nepheline-syenite), and here is the original locality of the mineral ilmenite. The hills are pitted with little quarries, some of which are still worked for the various minerals got in the miassite and gneiss[…]1900, University of Durham. Philosophical Society, Proceedings - Durham, England. Philosophical Society, page 112

Origin of miassite

From the town and river Miass in the Urals + -ite.

Questions about miassite

What does miassite mean?
Miassite means an isometric-hexoctahedral gray mineral containing rhodium and sulfur.
What part of speech is miassite?
Miassite is a noun.

Words near miassite in the dictionary

  1. miasmic
  2. miasmically
  3. miasmology
  4. miasmous
  5. miasms
  6. miassite
  7. MIATA
  8. miau
  9. miaul
  10. miauled
  11. miauling

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