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stellarite

stellarite noun: a type of torbanite, which sparks when set on fire.

Noun

stellarite (uncountable)

  1. A type of torbanite, which sparks when set on fire.

Origin of stellarite

From stellar (“starry”) + -ite (“mineral”). From being a form of oil coal (“a type of coal”) which emits sparks like stars (“Latin stella”) when burned.

Words formed from stellarite

Questions about stellarite

What does stellarite mean?
Stellarite means a type of torbanite, which sparks when set on fire.
What part of speech is stellarite?
Stellarite is a noun.

Words near stellarite in the dictionary

  1. stellar wind
  2. stellar winds
  3. stellarator
  4. stellarators
  5. stellarcentric
  6. stellarite
  7. stellarities
  8. stellarity
  9. stellarly
  10. Stellarton
  11. stellary

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