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thaumasite

thaumasite noun: a hexagonal-dipyramidal mineral containing calcium, carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, and sulfur.

Noun

thaumasite

  1. A hexagonal-dipyramidal mineral containing calcium, carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, and sulfur.

Origin of thaumasite

From Ancient Greek θαυμάζω (thaumázō, “to wonder”) + -ite.

Questions about thaumasite

What does thaumasite mean?
Thaumasite means a hexagonal-dipyramidal mineral containing calcium, carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, and sulfur.
What part of speech is thaumasite?
Thaumasite is a noun.

Words near thaumasite in the dictionary

  1. thaumarchaeotic
  2. thaumarcheotal
  3. Thaumas
  4. thaumascope
  5. thaumascopes
  6. thaumasite
  7. thaumasmus
  8. thaumastodermatid
  9. thaumastodermatids
  10. thaumat-
  11. thaumatichthyid

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