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pietersite

pietersite noun: a rare dark-gray or reddish breccia aggregate (rock made up of fragments embedded in a matrix), comprised mostly of hawk's eye and tiger's eye.

pietersite: a rare dark-gray or reddish breccia aggregate (rock made up of fragments embedded in a matrix),...
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Noun

pietersite (plural pietersites)

  1. a rare dark-gray or reddish breccia aggregate (rock made up of fragments embedded in a matrix), comprised mostly of hawk's eye and tiger's eye

Forms of pietersite

pluralpietersites

Questions about pietersite

What does pietersite mean?
Pietersite means a rare dark-gray or reddish breccia aggregate (rock made up of fragments embedded in a matrix), comprised mostly of hawk's eye and tiger's eye.
What part of speech is pietersite?
Pietersite is a noun.
What is the plural of pietersite?
The plural of pietersite is pietersites.

Words near pietersite in the dictionary

  1. pietas
  2. Pietermaritzburg
  3. Pieters
  4. Pietersburg
  5. Pieterses
  6. pietersite
  7. pietersites
  8. pietie
  9. pieties
  10. Pietila
  11. Pietilas

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