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rauvite

rauvite noun: an amorphous mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, uranium, and vanadium.

Noun

rauvite

  1. An amorphous mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, uranium, and vanadium.

Origin of rauvite

Named by Frank L. Hess in 1922 from the elemental symbols of its presumed contents: RAdium, Uranium and Vanadium RA + U + V + -ite

Questions about rauvite

What does rauvite mean?
Rauvite means an amorphous mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, uranium, and vanadium.
What part of speech is rauvite?
Rauvite is a noun.

Words near rauvite in the dictionary

  1. Rauth
  2. Rauths
  3. Rautio
  4. Rautios
  5. Rautjärvi
  6. rauvite
  7. rauwolfia
  8. rauwolfias
  9. rauwolscine
  10. Rauðskinna
  11. rav

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