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nizamoffite

nizamoffite noun: a colourless orthorhombic mineral containing hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, phosphorus, and zinc.

Noun

nizamoffite

  1. A colourless orthorhombic mineral containing hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, phosphorus, and zinc.

Origin of nizamoffite

Named in honour of James W. Nizamoff (born 1971), researcher of the mineralogy of the Palermo pegmatites at North Groton, New Hampshire, who discovered the mineral. Nizamoff + -ite

Questions about nizamoffite

What does nizamoffite mean?
Nizamoffite means a colourless orthorhombic mineral containing hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, phosphorus, and zinc.
What part of speech is nizamoffite?
Nizamoffite is a noun.

Words near nizamoffite in the dictionary

  1. Nizamaluco
  2. nizamate
  3. nizamates
  4. Nizamiyya
  5. Nizamiyyas
  6. nizamoffite
  7. nizams
  8. nizamut
  9. Nizar
  10. Nizari
  11. Nizaris

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