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selwynite

selwynite noun: a tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal deep purplish blue mineral containing aluminum, beryllium, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, and zirconium.

Noun

selwynite

  1. A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal deep purplish blue mineral containing aluminum, beryllium, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, and zirconium.

Origin of selwynite

From Selwyn + -ite, after A. R. C. Selwyn.

Questions about selwynite

What does selwynite mean?
Selwynite means a tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal deep purplish blue mineral containing aluminum, beryllium, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, and zirconium.
What part of speech is selwynite?
Selwynite is a noun.

Words near selwynite in the dictionary

  1. Selways
  2. Selwood
  3. Selwoods
  4. Selworthy
  5. Selwyn
  6. selwynite
  7. sely
  8. Selydove
  9. SELZ
  10. Selzer
  11. Selzers

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