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tamarugite

tamarugite noun: a monoclinic-prismatic colorless mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, oxygen, sodium, and sulfur.

Noun

tamarugite

  1. A monoclinic-prismatic colorless mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, oxygen, sodium, and sulfur.

Origin of tamarugite

From Tamarugal + -ite, after Tamarugal Province in Chile.

Questions about tamarugite

What does tamarugite mean?
Tamarugite means a monoclinic-prismatic colorless mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, oxygen, sodium, and sulfur.
What part of speech is tamarugite?
Tamarugite is a noun.

Words near tamarugite in the dictionary

  1. tamarixetin
  2. Tamaroa
  3. Tamartian
  4. Tamartians
  5. Tamarugal
  6. tamarugite
  7. tamas
  8. Tamases
  9. tamasha
  10. tamashas
  11. tamashbeen

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