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montroyalite

montroyalite noun: a whitish brittle translucent fibrous crystalline mineral with the empirical chemical formula Sr₄Al₈(CO₃)₃(OH)₁₃F₁₂•10.5(H₂O).

Noun

montroyalite (uncountable)

  1. a whitish brittle translucent fibrous crystalline mineral with the empirical chemical formula Sr₄Al₈(CO₃)₃(OH)₁₃F₁₂•10.5(H₂O)

Origin of montroyalite

Named for type locality Mount Royal in Montreal, where the mineral was discovered, + -ite.

Questions about montroyalite

What does montroyalite mean?
Montroyalite means a whitish brittle translucent fibrous crystalline mineral with the empirical chemical formula Sr₄Al₈(CO₃)₃(OH)₁₃F₁₂•10.5(H₂O).
What part of speech is montroyalite?
Montroyalite is a noun.

Words near montroyalite in the dictionary

  1. Montrose doublets
  2. montroseite
  3. montross
  4. montrosses
  5. Montroy
  6. montroyalite
  7. montroydite
  8. Montroys
  9. Montréal
  10. Montréaler
  11. Montréalers

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