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spodiosite

spodiosite noun: an orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing calcium, fluorine, oxygen, and phosphorus.

Noun

spodiosite (plural spodiosites)

  1. An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing calcium, fluorine, oxygen, and phosphorus.
    • The apatites, which are more soluble than the spodiosites, are formed on heating the latter to redness, hence spodiosites rarely occur in nature.1911, Journal of the Chemical Society, volume 100, page 735

Forms of spodiosite

pluralspodiosites

Origin of spodiosite

Swedish spodiosit, from Ancient Greek σπόδιος (spódios, “grey”).

Words formed from spodiosite

Questions about spodiosite

What does spodiosite mean?
Spodiosite means an orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing calcium, fluorine, oxygen, and phosphorus.
What part of speech is spodiosite?
Spodiosite is a noun.
What is the plural of spodiosite?
The plural of spodiosite is spodiosites.

Words near spodiosite in the dictionary

  1. Spoden
  2. Spodens
  3. spodic
  4. spodik
  5. spodiks
  6. spodiosite
  7. spodiosites
  8. spodium
  9. Spodnje Gruškovje
  10. spodochrous
  11. spodogenous

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