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quenselite

quenselite noun: a monoclinic-sphenoidal pitch black mineral containing hydrogen, lead, manganese, and oxygen.

Noun

quenselite

  1. A monoclinic-sphenoidal pitch black mineral containing hydrogen, lead, manganese, and oxygen.

Origin of quenselite

Named after Swedish professor of mineralogy Percy Dudgeon Quensel (1881–1966), + -ite.

Questions about quenselite

What does quenselite mean?
Quenselite means a monoclinic-sphenoidal pitch black mineral containing hydrogen, lead, manganese, and oxygen.
What part of speech is quenselite?
Quenselite is a noun.

Words near quenselite in the dictionary

  1. Quenneville
  2. Quennevilles
  3. quenouille
  4. quenouille training
  5. quenouilles
  6. quenselite
  7. quenstedtite
  8. quent
  9. Quentin
  10. Quenya
  11. Quenzer

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