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murdochite

murdochite noun: an isometric-hexoctahedral black mineral containing bromine, chlorine, copper, lead, and oxygen.

murdochite: an isometric-hexoctahedral black mineral containing bromine, chlorine, copper, lead, and oxygen
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Noun

murdochite

  1. An isometric-hexoctahedral black mineral containing bromine, chlorine, copper, lead, and oxygen.

Origin of murdochite

Named for American mineralogist Joseph Murdoch + -ite.

Questions about murdochite

What does murdochite mean?
Murdochite means an isometric-hexoctahedral black mineral containing bromine, chlorine, copper, lead, and oxygen.
What part of speech is murdochite?
Murdochite is a noun.

Words near murdochite in the dictionary

  1. Murdin
  2. Murdins
  3. Murdo
  4. Murdoch
  5. Murdochian
  6. murdochite
  7. Murdock
  8. murdress
  9. murdresses
  10. murdrum
  11. Murdunna

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