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tweddillite

tweddillite noun: a mineral containing calcium, strontium, manganese, aluminum, oxygen and hydrogen, found in Japan, Italy and South Africa.

tweddillite: a mineral containing calcium, strontium, manganese, aluminum, oxygen and hydrogen, found in Japan,...
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Noun

tweddillite (uncountable)

  1. A mineral containing calcium, strontium, manganese, aluminum, oxygen and hydrogen, found in Japan, Italy and South Africa.

Origin of tweddillite

From Tweddill + -ite, after Samuel Milborn Tweddill.

Questions about tweddillite

What does tweddillite mean?
Tweddillite means a mineral containing calcium, strontium, manganese, aluminum, oxygen and hydrogen, found in Japan, Italy and South Africa.
What part of speech is tweddillite?
Tweddillite is a noun.

Words near tweddillite in the dictionary

  1. tweaks on
  2. tweaks out
  3. tweaky
  4. Tweants
  5. Tweddill
  6. tweddillite
  7. Tweddle
  8. Twedt
  9. Twedts
  10. twee
  11. twee pop

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