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tiemannite

tiemannite noun: an isometric-hextetrahedral grayish white mineral containing mercury and selenium; mercury selenide, chemical formula HgSe.

tiemannite: an isometric-hextetrahedral grayish white mineral containing mercury and selenium; mercury...
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Noun

tiemannite (countable and uncountable, plural tiemannites)

  1. An isometric-hextetrahedral grayish white mineral containing mercury and selenium; mercury selenide, chemical formula HgSe.

Forms of tiemannite

pluraltiemannites

Origin of tiemannite

From Tiemann + -ite, after Johann Carl Wilhelm Tiemann (1848–1899).

Questions about tiemannite

What does tiemannite mean?
Tiemannite means an isometric-hextetrahedral grayish white mineral containing mercury and selenium; mercury selenide, chemical formula HgSe.
What part of speech is tiemannite?
Tiemannite is a noun.
What is the plural of tiemannite?
The plural of tiemannite is tiemannites.

Words near tiemannite in the dictionary

  1. tiemaker
  2. tiemakers
  3. tiemaking
  4. Tieman
  5. Tiemann
  6. tiemannite
  7. tiemannites
  8. Tiemanns
  9. Tiemans
  10. Tiemeyer
  11. Tiemeyers

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