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simonite

simonite noun: a monoclinic-prismatic red mineral containing arsenic, mercury, sulphur, and thallium.

Noun (1)

simonite

  1. A monoclinic-prismatic red mineral containing arsenic, mercury, sulphur, and thallium.

Noun (2) capitalized: Simonite

Simonite (plural Simonites)

  1. Synonym of Simonian.
    Synonyms:
    Simonian

Synonyms of simonite

Forms of simonite

pluralSimonites

Origin of simonite

Simonite (TlHgAs₃S₆), found in Allchar, Macedonia, Yugoslavia, named in 1982 for Simon Engel, son of Peter Engel (b. 1942), a Swiss crystallographer, + -ite

From Simon + -ite.

Questions about simonite

What does simonite mean?
Simonite means a monoclinic-prismatic red mineral containing arsenic, mercury, sulphur, and thallium.
What part of speech is simonite?
Simonite is a noun.
What is the plural of simonite?
The plural of simonite is Simonites.

Words near simonite in the dictionary

  1. simonises
  2. simonising
  3. Simonism
  4. simonist
  5. simonists
  6. simonite
  7. Simonites
  8. simonize
  9. simonized
  10. simonizes
  11. simonizing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: simonite (page history and authors); Simonite (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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