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renardite

renardite noun: a yellow orthorhombic mineral containing lead, hydrogen, uranium, phosphorus, and oxygen.

Noun

renardite

  1. A yellow orthorhombic mineral containing lead, hydrogen, uranium, phosphorus, and oxygen.

Origin of renardite

Named in honour of Alphonse François Renard (1842-1903), geologist and petrographer at the University of Ghent, Belgium. Renard + -ite

Questions about renardite

What does renardite mean?
Renardite means a yellow orthorhombic mineral containing lead, hydrogen, uranium, phosphorus, and oxygen.
What part of speech is renardite?
Renardite is a noun.

Words near renardite in the dictionary

  1. renanthera
  2. renantheras
  3. Renard
  4. renardine
  5. Renardism
  6. renardite
  7. Renards
  8. renarrate
  9. renarrated
  10. renarrates
  11. renarrating

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