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scheuchzerite

scheuchzerite noun: a mineral containing sodium, manganese, magnesium, zinc, vanadium, silicon, oxygen and hydrogen, found in Italy and Switzerland.

scheuchzerite: a mineral containing sodium, manganese, magnesium, zinc, vanadium, silicon, oxygen and hydrogen,...
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Noun

scheuchzerite (uncountable)

  1. A mineral containing sodium, manganese, magnesium, zinc, vanadium, silicon, oxygen and hydrogen, found in Italy and Switzerland.

Origin of scheuchzerite

From Scheuchzer + -ite, after Johann Jakob Scheuchzer.

Questions about scheuchzerite

What does scheuchzerite mean?
Scheuchzerite means a mineral containing sodium, manganese, magnesium, zinc, vanadium, silicon, oxygen and hydrogen, found in Italy and Switzerland.
What part of speech is scheuchzerite?
Scheuchzerite is a noun.

Words near scheuchzerite in the dictionary

  1. Schettino
  2. Schettinos
  3. Schettler
  4. Schettlers
  5. Scheuch
  6. scheuchzerite
  7. Scheuer
  8. Scheuerman
  9. Scheuermann
  10. Scheuermann's disease
  11. Scheuermanns

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