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nemalites

nemalites is the plural of nemalite.

Meaning of nemalite

Noun

nemalite (usually uncountable, plural nemalites)

  1. (usually) A variety of brucite, occurring in slender fibers which are elastic and easily separated, having a color of white with a shade of yellow and a highly silky luster.
    • In the mineral kingdom [Magnesium] is found in a native state, combined with water, though this is not a common mineral. The siliceous hydrate, or nemalite, is still rarer. The carbonate is far more common;[…].1845 September, “My Cabinet”, in Charlotte Elizabeth, editor, The Christian Lady's Magazine, volume 24, page 264

Questions about nemalites

What is nemalites the plural of?
Nemalites is the plural of nemalite.

Words near nemalites in the dictionary

  1. nemaline bodies
  2. nemaline body
  3. nemaline myopathy
  4. nemaliophycidaean
  5. nemalite
  6. nemalites
  7. Neman
  8. Nemangbetu
  9. Nemaska
  10. nemastomatid
  11. nemastomatids

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