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painite

painite noun: a very rare orange-red borate mineral consisting mostly of calcium, zirconium, boron, aluminium, and oxygen.

Noun

painite (uncountable)

  1. A very rare orange-red borate mineral consisting mostly of calcium, zirconium, boron, aluminium, and oxygen.

Origin of painite

From Pain + -ite, after British mineralogist Arthur C. D. Pain.

Questions about painite

What does painite mean?
Painite means a very rare orange-red borate mineral consisting mostly of calcium, zirconium, boron, aluminium, and oxygen.
What part of speech is painite?
Painite is a noun.

Words near painite in the dictionary

  1. painfulness
  2. painfulnesses
  3. painim
  4. painims
  5. paining
  6. painite
  7. painiu
  8. painjan
  9. painkiller
  10. painkillers
  11. painkilling

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