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pearceite

pearceite noun: a trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral black mineral containing antimony, arsenic, copper, silver, and sulfur.

Noun

pearceite

  1. A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral black mineral containing antimony, arsenic, copper, silver, and sulfur.

Origin of pearceite

? + -ite

Questions about pearceite

What does pearceite mean?
Pearceite means a trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral black mineral containing antimony, arsenic, copper, silver, and sulfur.
What part of speech is pearceite?
Pearceite is a noun.

Words near pearceite in the dictionary

  1. pear-shaped
  2. Pearblossom
  3. pearce
  4. pearced
  5. Pearcedale
  6. pearceite
  7. pearces
  8. Pearces Creek
  9. Pearcey
  10. pearch
  11. pearches

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