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phosgenite

phosgenite noun: a tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing carbon, chlorine, lead, and oxygen.

Noun

phosgenite

  1. A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing carbon, chlorine, lead, and oxygen.

Origin of phosgenite

? + -ite

Questions about phosgenite

What does phosgenite mean?
Phosgenite means a tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing carbon, chlorine, lead, and oxygen.
What part of speech is phosgenite?
Phosgenite is a noun.

Words near phosgenite in the dictionary

  1. phosgenations
  2. phosgene
  3. phosgene oxime
  4. phosgenes
  5. phosgenic
  6. phosgenite
  7. phosichthyid
  8. phosichthyids
  9. PHOSITA
  10. PHOSITAs
  11. phosmet

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