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theophrastite

theophrastite noun: a trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral emerald green mineral containing hydrogen, nickel, and oxygen.

Noun

theophrastite

  1. A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral emerald green mineral containing hydrogen, nickel, and oxygen.

Origin of theophrastite

The name is for Theophrastus, the first Greek mineralogist, 373/372-288/287 B.C., + -ite. The new mineral and the name were approved by the Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names.

Questions about theophrastite

What does theophrastite mean?
Theophrastite means a trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral emerald green mineral containing hydrogen, nickel, and oxygen.
What part of speech is theophrastite?
Theophrastite is a noun.

Words near theophrastite in the dictionary

  1. theophrastaceous
  2. Theophrastan
  3. Theophrastean
  4. Theophrastian
  5. Theophrastic
  6. theophrastite
  7. Theophrastus
  8. theophylline
  9. theophyllines
  10. theophysical
  11. theopneust

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