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turnerite

turnerite noun: a variety of monazite with golden yellow to brownish yellow crystals.

Noun

turnerite (uncountable)

  1. A variety of monazite with golden yellow to brownish yellow crystals.

Origin of turnerite

From Turner + -ite after English chemist and mineralogist C. H. Turner.

Questions about turnerite

What does turnerite mean?
Turnerite means a variety of monazite with golden yellow to brownish yellow crystals.
What part of speech is turnerite?
Turnerite is a noun.

Words near turnerite in the dictionary

  1. turnerbactin
  2. Turneresque
  3. Turnerian
  4. turneries
  5. Turnerism
  6. turnerite
  7. turners
  8. Turners Beach
  9. Turners Falls
  10. Turners Flat
  11. Turners Hill

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