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searlesite

searlesite noun: a sodium borosilicate mineral, an important ore of borax.

Noun

searlesite (plural searlesites)

  1. A sodium borosilicate mineral, an important ore of borax.

Forms of searlesite

pluralsearlesites

Origin of searlesite

From Searles + -ite, after John W. Searles, Californian pioneer.

Questions about searlesite

What does searlesite mean?
Searlesite means a sodium borosilicate mineral, an important ore of borax.
What part of speech is searlesite?
Searlesite is a noun.
What is the plural of searlesite?
The plural of searlesite is searlesites.

Words near searlesite in the dictionary

  1. Searl
  2. Searle
  3. Searlean
  4. Searles
  5. Searles Valley
  6. searlesite
  7. searlesites
  8. Searls
  9. Searlses
  10. searness
  11. searobin

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