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plumbostannite

plumbostannite noun: a lead-bearing variety of stannite used in the 1890s for a dark, metallic, lead-gray ore of tin.

Noun

plumbostannite (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) A lead-bearing variety of stannite used in the 1890s for a dark, metallic, lead-gray ore of tin.

Origin of plumbostannite

From plumbo- + stann- + -ite.

Questions about plumbostannite

What does plumbostannite mean?
Plumbostannite means a lead-bearing variety of stannite used in the 1890s for a dark, metallic, lead-gray ore of tin.
What part of speech is plumbostannite?
Plumbostannite is a noun.

Words near plumbostannite in the dictionary

  1. plumbophilia
  2. plumbophilic
  3. plumbopyrochlore
  4. plumbosolvency
  5. plumbosolvent
  6. plumbostannite
  7. plumbotectonic
  8. plumbotectonics
  9. plumbotellurite
  10. plumbotsumite
  11. plumbous

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