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vashegyite

vashegyite noun: an orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus.

Noun

vashegyite

  1. An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus.

Origin of vashegyite

From Hungarian Vashegy (literally “iron mountain”) (the old Hungarian name for the village of Železník, Slovakia where the mineral was discovered) + -ite.

Questions about vashegyite

What does vashegyite mean?
Vashegyite means an orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus.
What part of speech is vashegyite?
Vashegyite is a noun.

Words near vashegyite in the dictionary

  1. vasework
  2. Vasey
  3. Vasey grass
  4. Vasey's grass
  5. vaseygrass
  6. vashegyite
  7. Vashkivtsi
  8. Vashon Island
  9. Vashti
  10. Vasi-vari
  11. vasicentric

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