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vauxite

vauxite noun: a phosphate mineral of the laueite–paravauxite group.

Noun

vauxite (uncountable)

  1. A phosphate mineral of the laueite–paravauxite group.

Origin of vauxite

From Vaux + -ite, after American mineral collector George Vaux Junior (1863-1927).

Questions about vauxite

What does vauxite mean?
Vauxite means a phosphate mineral of the laueite–paravauxite group.
What part of speech is vauxite?
Vauxite is a noun.

Words near vauxite in the dictionary

  1. vauts
  2. vauty
  3. Vaux
  4. Vauxhall
  5. Vauxhalls
  6. vauxite
  7. vav
  8. vav-consecutive
  9. Vav-Tharad
  10. vavangue
  11. vavasor

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