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virginite

virginite noun: the mottled green rock and mineral mariposite.

Noun

virginite (uncountable)

  1. (Newfoundland) The mottled green rock and mineral mariposite.
    • A number of the smaller of these lenses occur as an attractive mottled green rock, known as virginite, which is widely used for ornamental display.1986 December, “Polydymite and chrome-rich fuchsite in virginite from Baie Verte, Newfoundland”, in Mineralogical Magazine, volume 50, number 358, →DOI, pages 723–724

Questions about virginite

What does virginite mean?
Virginite means the mottled green rock and mineral mariposite.
What part of speech is virginite?
Virginite is a noun.

Words near virginite in the dictionary

  1. Virginias
  2. Virginid
  3. Virginids
  4. virginioside
  5. virginish
  6. virginite
  7. virginities
  8. virginity
  9. virginity pledge
  10. virginity pledges
  11. virginity test

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