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tiffanyite

tiffanyite noun: a hydrocarbon assumed to be present in some bluish-white diamonds and responsible for their phosphorescence.

Noun

tiffanyite (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) A hydrocarbon assumed to be present in some bluish-white diamonds and responsible for their phosphorescence.

Questions about tiffanyite

What does tiffanyite mean?
Tiffanyite means a hydrocarbon assumed to be present in some bluish-white diamonds and responsible for their phosphorescence.
What part of speech is tiffanyite?
Tiffanyite is a noun.

Words near tiffanyite in the dictionary

  1. tiffany
  2. Tiffany blue
  3. Tiffany glass
  4. Tiffany glasses
  5. Tiffany problem
  6. tiffanyite
  7. tiffed
  8. Tiffies
  9. tiffin
  10. tiffined
  11. tiffing

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