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richellite

richellite noun: a tetragonal-pyramidal mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and phosphorus.

Noun

richellite

  1. A tetragonal-pyramidal mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and phosphorus.

Origin of richellite

Named for type locality Richelle (in Belgium) + -ite.

Questions about richellite

What does richellite mean?
Richellite means a tetragonal-pyramidal mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and phosphorus.
What part of speech is richellite?
Richellite is a noun.

Words near richellite in the dictionary

  1. Riche
  2. Richebourg
  3. Richebourgs
  4. riched
  5. Richelieu
  6. richellite
  7. richelsdorfite
  8. richen
  9. Richendollar
  10. richened
  11. richening

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