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polyhydrite

polyhydrite noun: an amorphous aluminosilicate of iron with some manganese.

Noun

polyhydrite

  1. An amorphous aluminosilicate of iron with some manganese.
    • Polyhydrite, a silicate of oxide of iron from Breitenbrun, Saxony, is of a hepatic color, vitreous lustre and opaque...1842, Dr. Lewis Feuchtwanger, “Mineralogical Notices”, in The American Journal of Science and Arts, page 386

Questions about polyhydrite

What does polyhydrite mean?
Polyhydrite means an amorphous aluminosilicate of iron with some manganese.
What part of speech is polyhydrite?
Polyhydrite is a noun.

Words near polyhydrite in the dictionary

  1. polyhydric
  2. polyhydric alcohol
  3. polyhydric alcohols
  4. polyhydride
  5. polyhydrides
  6. polyhydrite
  7. polyhydrocarbon
  8. polyhydrocarbons
  9. polyhydrogenated
  10. polyhydroxy
  11. polyhydroxyalkanoate

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