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reevesite

reevesite noun: a trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing carbon, hydrogen, iron, nickel, and oxygen.

Noun

reevesite

  1. A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing carbon, hydrogen, iron, nickel, and oxygen.

Origin of reevesite

Named in 1967 by John S. White Jr., E.P. Henderson and Brian Mason in honour of Dr. Frank Reeves (1886-1986), exploration geologist who found the Wolf Creek meteorite in 1947. Reeves + -ite

Questions about reevesite

What does reevesite mean?
Reevesite means a trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing carbon, hydrogen, iron, nickel, and oxygen.
What part of speech is reevesite?
Reevesite is a noun.

Words near reevesite in the dictionary

  1. Reeves's muntjacs
  2. Reeves's pheasant
  3. Reeves's pheasants
  4. reeveship
  5. reeveships
  6. reevesite
  7. reeving
  8. reevoke
  9. reevoked
  10. reevokes
  11. reevoking

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