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scholzite

scholzite noun: an orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and zinc.

Noun

scholzite

  1. An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and zinc.

Origin of scholzite

From Scholz + -ite, after German mineral collector Adolph Scholz (1894–1950).

Words formed from scholzite

Questions about scholzite

What does scholzite mean?
Scholzite means an orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and zinc.
What part of speech is scholzite?
Scholzite is a noun.

Words near scholzite in the dictionary

  1. Scholteses
  2. Scholtz
  3. Scholtzes
  4. scholy
  5. Scholz
  6. scholzite
  7. Schomaker
  8. Schomakers
  9. Schomburg
  10. Schomburgk
  11. Schomburgk's deer

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