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putnisite

putnisite noun: a quartz-like mineral, purple in colour, naturally occurring brittle crystals smaller than 0.5 mm, with an orthorhombic crystalline matrix of SrCa₄Cr³⁺₈(CO₃)₈SO₄(OH)₁₆·23H₂O.

Noun

putnisite (uncountable)

  1. A quartz-like mineral, purple in colour, naturally occurring brittle crystals smaller than 0.5 mm, with an orthorhombic crystalline matrix of SrCa₄Cr³⁺₈(CO₃)₈SO₄(OH)₁₆·23H₂O

Origin of putnisite

From Putnis + -ite, from the name of the discoverers, mineralogists Andrew and Christine Putnis.

Questions about putnisite

What does putnisite mean?
Putnisite means a quartz-like mineral, purple in colour, naturally occurring brittle crystals smaller than 0.5 mm, with an orthorhombic crystalline matrix of SrCa₄Cr³⁺₈(CO₃)₈SO₄(OH)₁₆·23H₂O.
What part of speech is putnisite?
Putnisite is a noun.

Words near putnisite in the dictionary

  1. Putnam County
  2. Putnam model
  3. Putnamian
  4. Putney
  5. Putnis
  6. putnisite
  7. Putnoe
  8. puto
  9. putoff
  10. putoffs
  11. putoid

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