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silvialite

silvialite noun: a tetragonal-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, carbon, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and sulfur.

Noun

silvialite

  1. A tetragonal-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, carbon, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and sulfur.

Origin of silvialite

Named after the daughter of Austrian mineralogist Gustav Tschermak von Seysenegg (1836-1927), Silvia Hillebrand, + -lite.

Questions about silvialite

What does silvialite mean?
Silvialite means a tetragonal-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, carbon, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and sulfur.
What part of speech is silvialite?
Silvialite is a noun.

Words near silvialite in the dictionary

  1. silvex
  2. Silvey
  3. Silveys
  4. silvi-
  5. Silvia
  6. silvialite
  7. silvic acid
  8. silvical
  9. silvicide
  10. silvicides
  11. silvicolous

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