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proustite

proustite noun: a mineral, Ag₃AsS₃, often found with pyrargyrite in silver veins.

proustite: a mineral, Ag₃AsS₃, often found with pyrargyrite in silver veins
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Noun

proustite (usually uncountable, plural proustites)

  1. (usually) A mineral, Ag₃AsS₃, often found with pyrargyrite in silver veins.

Forms of proustite

pluralproustites

Origin of proustite

Named after French chemist Joseph L. Proust (1754-1826) in 1832, + -ite.

Questions about proustite

What does proustite mean?
Proustite means a mineral, Ag₃AsS₃, often found with pyrargyrite in silver veins.
What part of speech is proustite?
Proustite is a noun.
What is the plural of proustite?
The plural of proustite is proustites.

Words near proustite in the dictionary

  1. Prouses
  2. Proust
  3. Proustian
  4. Proustian moment
  5. Proustian moments
  6. proustite
  7. proustites
  8. Prout
  9. prout de jure
  10. Prout's hypothesis
  11. Prouty

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