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vaughanite

vaughanite noun: a mineral containing mercury, sulfur, antimony and thallium that is found in Canada.

vaughanite: a mineral containing mercury, sulfur, antimony and thallium that is found in Canada
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Noun

vaughanite (uncountable)

  1. A mineral containing mercury, sulfur, antimony and thallium that is found in Canada.

Forms of vaughanite

alternative formvaughnite

Origin of vaughanite

From Vaughan + -ite, after David John Vaughan, English mineralogist.

Questions about vaughanite

What does vaughanite mean?
Vaughanite means a mineral containing mercury, sulfur, antimony and thallium that is found in Canada.
What part of speech is vaughanite?
Vaughanite is a noun.

Words near vaughanite in the dictionary

  1. vaudevillists
  2. Vaudois
  3. vaudoo
  4. Vaudoux
  5. Vaughan
  6. vaughanite
  7. Vaughn
  8. Vaughniston
  9. vaughnite
  10. Vaughns
  11. Vaughnses

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