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robinsonite

robinsonite noun: a monoclinic-prismatic bluish lead gray mineral containing antimony, lead, and sulfur.

Noun

robinsonite

  1. A monoclinic-prismatic bluish lead gray mineral containing antimony, lead, and sulfur.

Origin of robinsonite

Named in 1951 by Leonard Gascoigne Beryy, Joseph John Fahey and Edgar Herbert Bailey in honour of Stephen Clive Robinson (1911-1981), Canadian mineralogist with the Geological Survey of Canada who synthesized the mineral before it was found naturally. Robinson + -ite

Questions about robinsonite

What does robinsonite mean?
Robinsonite means a monoclinic-prismatic bluish lead gray mineral containing antimony, lead, and sulfur.
What part of speech is robinsonite?
Robinsonite is a noun.

Words near robinsonite in the dictionary

  1. Robinson-Schensted correspondences
  2. robinsonade
  3. robinsonades
  4. Robinsonesque
  5. Robinsonian
  6. robinsonite
  7. Robinsons
  8. Robinvale
  9. robiola
  10. robiolas
  11. Robirda

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