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rietveldite

rietveldite noun: a orthorhomic mineral containing iron, sulphur, hydrogen, oxygen, and uranium.

Noun

rietveldite

  1. A orthorhomic mineral containing iron, sulphur, hydrogen, oxygen, and uranium.

Origin of rietveldite

Named in honour of Hugo M. Rietveld (1932-2016), Dutch crystallographer Rietveld + -ite

Questions about rietveldite

What does rietveldite mean?
Rietveldite means a orthorhomic mineral containing iron, sulphur, hydrogen, oxygen, and uranium.
What part of speech is rietveldite?
Rietveldite is a noun.

Words near rietveldite in the dictionary

  1. Rieths
  2. Riethüsli
  3. Rieti
  4. Rietmann
  5. Rietveld
  6. rietveldite
  7. Rietvelds
  8. Rietz
  9. Rietzes
  10. rieve
  11. rieved

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