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stannomicrolite

stannomicrolite noun: an isometric-hexoctahedral yellow brown mineral containing hydrogen, iron, manganese, niobium, oxygen, tantalum, tin, and titanium.

Noun

stannomicrolite

  1. (archaic) An isometric-hexoctahedral yellow brown mineral containing hydrogen, iron, manganese, niobium, oxygen, tantalum, tin, and titanium.
  2. A variety of the generalized microlite subgroup.

Origin of stannomicrolite

For its composition, a tin-dominant member of the microlite group, from Latin stannum (“tin”). Discredited as the name of one specific species of mineral; as a mineral, most likely refers to oxystannomicrolite.

Questions about stannomicrolite

What does stannomicrolite mean?
Stannomicrolite means an isometric-hexoctahedral yellow brown mineral containing hydrogen, iron, manganese, niobium, oxygen, tantalum, tin, and titanium.
What part of speech is stannomicrolite?
Stannomicrolite is a noun.

Words near stannomicrolite in the dictionary

  1. stannofluorides
  2. stannoidite
  3. stannolane
  4. stannolanes
  5. stannole
  6. stannomicrolite
  7. stannomid
  8. stannomids
  9. stannopalladinite
  10. stannosis
  11. stannotype

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