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plessite

plessite noun: a meteorite texture consisting of a fine-grained mixture of the minerals kamacite and taenite, found in the octahedrite iron meteorites.

Noun

plessite (plural plessites)

  1. A meteorite texture consisting of a fine-grained mixture of the minerals kamacite and taenite, found in the octahedrite iron meteorites.

Forms of plessite

pluralplessites

Words formed from plessite

Questions about plessite

What does plessite mean?
Plessite means a meteorite texture consisting of a fine-grained mixture of the minerals kamacite and taenite, found in the octahedrite iron meteorites.
What part of speech is plessite?
Plessite is a noun.
What is the plural of plessite?
The plural of plessite is plessites.

Words near plessite in the dictionary

  1. plessimeters
  2. plessimetry
  3. Plessinger
  4. Plessingers
  5. Plessis
  6. plessite
  7. plessites
  8. plessitic
  9. Plessner
  10. Plessy
  11. Plestin-les-Grèves

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