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paulingite

paulingite noun: a rare zeolite mineral found in vesicles in alluvial basaltic rocks.

Noun

paulingite (uncountable)

  1. A rare zeolite mineral found in vesicles in alluvial basaltic rocks.

Origin of paulingite

From Pauling + -ite after chemist Linus Carl Pauling (1901–1994).

Questions about paulingite

What does paulingite mean?
Paulingite means a rare zeolite mineral found in vesicles in alluvial basaltic rocks.
What part of speech is paulingite?
Paulingite is a noun.

Words near paulingite in the dictionary

  1. Pauline conversions
  2. Pauline privilege
  3. Paulines
  4. Pauling
  5. Pauling scale
  6. paulingite
  7. Paulings
  8. Paulinian
  9. Paulinians
  10. Paulinism
  11. Paulinist

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