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shungite

shungite noun: a black, lustrous, non-crystalline mineraloid consisting mostly of carbon, used as a pigment in art and an antibacterial water treatment.

Noun

shungite (countable and uncountable, plural shungites)

  1. A black, lustrous, non-crystalline mineraloid consisting mostly of carbon, used as a pigment in art and an antibacterial water treatment.

Forms of shungite

pluralshungites

Origin of shungite

First described from a deposit near Shunga village in Karelia, Russia, + -ite.

Words formed from shungite

Questions about shungite

What does shungite mean?
Shungite means a black, lustrous, non-crystalline mineraloid consisting mostly of carbon, used as a pigment in art and an antibacterial water treatment.
What part of speech is shungite?
Shungite is a noun.
What is the plural of shungite?
The plural of shungite is shungites.

Words near shungite in the dictionary

  1. Shunammitism
  2. Shuncheng
  3. Shunde
  4. Shunem
  5. shunga
  6. shungite
  7. shungites
  8. shungitic
  9. Shunhe
  10. Shuniah
  11. shunk

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