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pretulite

pretulite noun: a tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal pale pink mineral containing oxygen, phosphorus, and scandium.

Noun

pretulite

  1. A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal pale pink mineral containing oxygen, phosphorus, and scandium.

Origin of pretulite

Named for type locality Pretul Mountain in the Fischbacher Alpine mountains (in Styria, Austria) + -ite.

Questions about pretulite

What does pretulite mean?
Pretulite means a tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal pale pink mineral containing oxygen, phosphorus, and scandium.
What part of speech is pretulite?
Pretulite is a noun.

Words near pretulite in the dictionary

  1. pretubercular
  2. pretuberculous
  3. pretubular
  4. pretubulysin
  5. pretubulysins
  6. pretulite
  7. pretumor
  8. pretumoral
  9. pretumorigenic
  10. pretumoural
  11. pretune

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