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pendletonite

pendletonite noun: name for a coronene mineral, later called carpathite.

Noun

pendletonite (uncountable)

  1. Name for a coronene mineral, later called carpathite.

Origin of pendletonite

Named after Norman Pendleton (1901-1995), a mineral collector in Santa Cruz. Name invented by Joseph Murdoch in 1967.

Questions about pendletonite

What does pendletonite mean?
Pendletonite means name for a coronene mineral, later called carpathite.
What part of speech is pendletonite?
Pendletonite is a noun.

Words near pendletonite in the dictionary

  1. Pendle Hill
  2. Pendlebury
  3. Pendleian
  4. Pendleton
  5. Pendleton County
  6. pendletonite
  7. Pendley
  8. Pendleys
  9. Pendock
  10. Pendolino
  11. Pendolinos

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