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pennantite

pennantite noun: a monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.

Noun

pennantite

  1. A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.

Origin of pennantite

After Thomas Pennant (a Welsh scientist) + -ite.

Questions about pennantite

What does pennantite mean?
Pennantite means a monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.
What part of speech is pennantite?
Pennantite is a noun.

Words near pennantite in the dictionary

  1. Pennan
  2. pennant
  3. Pennant Hills
  4. Pennant Melangell
  5. pennanted
  6. pennantite
  7. pennantless
  8. pennants
  9. pennaraptoran
  10. pennaraptorans
  11. Pennard

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