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weibyeite

weibyeite noun: a supposed mineral from Norway, later identified as bastnaesite or ancylite.

Noun

weibyeite (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) A supposed mineral from Norway, later identified as bastnaesite or ancylite.

Origin of weibyeite

From Norwegian Weibye + -ite, after Norwegian mineralogist P. C. Weibye.

Questions about weibyeite

What does weibyeite mean?
Weibyeite means a supposed mineral from Norway, later identified as bastnaesite or ancylite.
What part of speech is weibyeite?
Weibyeite is a noun.

Words near weibyeite in the dictionary

  1. Weibo
  2. Weibull
  3. weibullite
  4. Weibullization
  5. Weibulls
  6. weibyeite
  7. Weichel
  8. Weichels
  9. Weicheng
  10. Weichert
  11. Weicherts

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