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spheniscidite

spheniscidite noun: a monoclinic-prismatic brown mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and potassium.

Noun

spheniscidite

  1. A monoclinic-prismatic brown mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and potassium.

Origin of spheniscidite

From Sphenisciformes (“the taxonomic order comprising the penguins”) + -ite, after its discovery in the penguin nesting grounds on Elephant Island.

Questions about spheniscidite

What does spheniscidite mean?
Spheniscidite means a monoclinic-prismatic brown mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and potassium.
What part of speech is spheniscidite?
Spheniscidite is a noun.

Words near spheniscidite in the dictionary

  1. sphenic numbers
  2. spheniciform
  3. spheniscan
  4. spheniscans
  5. spheniscid
  6. spheniscidite
  7. spheniscids
  8. sphenisciform
  9. sphenisciforms
  10. spheno-
  11. sphenobasioccipital

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