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tainiolite

tainiolite noun: a monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing fluorine, lithium, magnesium, oxygen, potassium, and silicon.

Noun

tainiolite (uncountable)

  1. A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing fluorine, lithium, magnesium, oxygen, potassium, and silicon.

Origin of tainiolite

From Ancient Greek ταινία (tainía, “ribbon”) and λίθος (líthos, “stone”), because of its tabular crystal habit.

Questions about tainiolite

What does tainiolite mean?
Tainiolite means a monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing fluorine, lithium, magnesium, oxygen, potassium, and silicon.
What part of speech is tainiolite?
Tainiolite is a noun.

Words near tainiolite in the dictionary

  1. Tainan
  2. Tainan City
  3. Tainaron
  4. TAing
  5. Taings
  6. tainiolite
  7. Taino
  8. tainoceratid
  9. tainoceratids
  10. Tainos
  11. taint

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