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rhyacolite

rhyacolite noun: a glassy feldspar found at Mount Somma in Italy.

Noun

rhyacolite (uncountable)

  1. A glassy feldspar found at Mount Somma in Italy.

Origin of rhyacolite

From Ancient Greek ῥύαξ (rhúax, “stream”) (compare Greek ρυάκι (ryáki)) + -lite.

Questions about rhyacolite

What does rhyacolite mean?
Rhyacolite means a glassy feldspar found at Mount Somma in Italy.
What part of speech is rhyacolite?
Rhyacolite is a noun.

Words near rhyacolite in the dictionary

  1. rhusma
  2. rhusmas
  3. Rhyacian
  4. rhyacichthyid
  5. rhyacichthyids
  6. rhyacolite
  7. rhyacophilid
  8. rhyacophilids
  9. rhyacotritonid
  10. rhyacotritonids
  11. Rhyd-ddu

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