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thornasite

thornasite noun: a trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and thorium.

Noun

thornasite

  1. A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and thorium.

Origin of thornasite

thorium + Na (“symbol for sodium”) + Si (“symbol for silicon”) + -ite

Questions about thornasite

What does thornasite mean?
Thornasite means a trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and thorium.
What part of speech is thornasite?
Thornasite is a noun.

Words near thornasite in the dictionary

  1. thorn-trees
  2. Thornaby
  3. Thornaby-on-Tees
  4. thornapple
  5. thornapples
  6. thornasite
  7. thornasteroside
  8. thornback
  9. thornbacks
  10. Thornber
  11. Thornberry

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