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miserite

miserite noun: a lilac-pink or red triclinic-pinacoidal rare-earth mineral of interest also for cleaning up radioactive and other wastes and for ceramics.

miserite: a lilac-pink or red triclinic-pinacoidal rare-earth mineral of interest also for cleaning up...
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Noun

miserite (uncountable)

  1. A lilac-pink or red triclinic-pinacoidal rare-earth mineral of interest also for cleaning up radioactive and other wastes and for ceramics.
    • Miserite is rare at Mont Saint-Hilaire, but may be locally abundant.1989, Joseph Anthony Mandarino, Violet Anderson, Monteregian Treasures: The Minerals of Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, page 141

Origin of miserite

From Miser (“a surname”) + -ite, named for Dr. Hugh D. Miser, a geologist of the U.S. Geological Survey.

Questions about miserite

What does miserite mean?
Miserite means a lilac-pink or red triclinic-pinacoidal rare-earth mineral of interest also for cleaning up radioactive and other wastes and for ceramics.
What part of speech is miserite?
Miserite is a noun.

Words near miserite in the dictionary

  1. misericordias
  2. misericordious
  3. misericords
  4. miseries
  5. miserism
  6. miserite
  7. Miserlian
  8. Miserlians
  9. miserliest
  10. miserlily
  11. miserliness

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