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mordenite

mordenite noun: an orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and sodium.

Noun

mordenite (countable and uncountable, plural mordenites)

  1. An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and sodium.
    Synonyms:
    flokite, ptilolite

Synonyms of mordenite

Forms of mordenite

pluralmordenites

Origin of mordenite

Named for type locality Morden, Nova Scotia (Canada) + -ite.

Questions about mordenite

What does mordenite mean?
Mordenite means an orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and sodium.
What part of speech is mordenite?
Mordenite is a noun.
What is the plural of mordenite?
The plural of mordenite is mordenites.

Words near mordenite in the dictionary

  1. Mordell
  2. Mordell-Weil theorem
  3. mordellid
  4. mordellids
  5. Morden
  6. mordenite
  7. mordenites
  8. mordent
  9. mordente
  10. mordentes
  11. mordents

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