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roedderite

roedderite noun: a hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal mineral containing iron, magnesium, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and sodium.

Noun

roedderite

  1. A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal mineral containing iron, magnesium, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and sodium.

Origin of roedderite

Named after Edwin Woods Roedder (1919-2006), winner of the 1986 Roebling Medal and the 1988 Penrose Gold Medal, the president of the Mineralogical Society of America and the geologist who earlier discovered the synthetic compound with the United States Geological Survey. Roedder + -ite

Questions about roedderite

What does roedderite mean?
Roedderite means a hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal mineral containing iron, magnesium, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and sodium.
What part of speech is roedderite?
Roedderite is a noun.

Words near roedderite in the dictionary

  1. roebucks
  2. Roecker
  3. Roeckers
  4. Roecliffe
  5. roed
  6. roedderite
  7. Roedean
  8. Roedeanian
  9. Roedeanians
  10. roedeer
  11. roedeers

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