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pickeringite

pickeringite noun: a monoclinic-sphenoidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, and sulfur.

Noun

pickeringite (uncountable)

  1. A monoclinic-sphenoidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, and sulfur.
    Synonyms:
    bosjemanite

Synonyms of pickeringite

Origin of pickeringite

Named after American linguist John Pickering. By surface analysis, Pickering + -ite.

Questions about pickeringite

What does pickeringite mean?
Pickeringite means a monoclinic-sphenoidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, and sulfur.
What part of speech is pickeringite?
Pickeringite is a noun.

Words near pickeringite in the dictionary

  1. pickeries
  2. Pickerill
  3. Pickerills
  4. Pickering
  5. Pickering series
  6. pickeringite
  7. Pickerings
  8. Pickerington
  9. pickeroon
  10. pickeroons
  11. pickers

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