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rayite

rayite noun: a monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing antimony, lead, silver, sulfur, and thallium.

Noun

rayite

  1. A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing antimony, lead, silver, sulfur, and thallium.

Origin of rayite

Named after Professor Santosh Kumar Ray (1908-1976), Indian petrologist at President College, Calcutta, India Ray + -ite

Questions about rayite

What does rayite mean?
Rayite means a monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing antimony, lead, silver, sulfur, and thallium.
What part of speech is rayite?
Rayite is a noun.

Words near rayite in the dictionary

  1. raying room
  2. raying rooms
  3. Rayism
  4. Rayist
  5. Rayists
  6. rayite
  7. Rayl
  8. Raylan
  9. rayle
  10. rayled
  11. rayleigh

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