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wenkite

wenkite noun: a hexagonal-ditrigonal dipyramidal light gray mineral containing aluminum, barium, calcium, chlorine, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and sulfur.

Noun

wenkite

  1. A hexagonal-ditrigonal dipyramidal light gray mineral containing aluminum, barium, calcium, chlorine, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and sulfur.

Origin of wenkite

From Wenk + -ite, named after Swiss geologist Eduard Wenk.

Questions about wenkite

What does wenkite mean?
Wenkite means a hexagonal-ditrigonal dipyramidal light gray mineral containing aluminum, barium, calcium, chlorine, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and sulfur.
What part of speech is wenkite?
Wenkite is a noun.

Words near wenkite in the dictionary

  1. Wenker sentence
  2. Wenker sentences
  3. Wenker syntheses
  4. Wenker synthesis
  5. Wenkes
  6. wenkite
  7. Wenks
  8. Wenksville
  9. Wenling
  10. Wenlock
  11. Wenlock Edge

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