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wheatleyite

wheatleyite noun: a triclinic-pinacoidal blue mineral containing carbon, copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and sodium.

Noun

wheatleyite

  1. A triclinic-pinacoidal blue mineral containing carbon, copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and sodium.

Origin of wheatleyite

From Wheatley + -ite, after the Wheatley mine, near Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA.

Questions about wheatleyite

What does wheatleyite mean?
Wheatleyite means a triclinic-pinacoidal blue mineral containing carbon, copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and sodium.
What part of speech is wheatleyite?
Wheatleyite is a noun.

Words near wheatleyite in the dictionary

  1. wheatless
  2. wheatlessness
  3. Wheatley
  4. Wheatley elm
  5. Wheatley elms
  6. wheatleyite
  7. Wheatleys
  8. wheatlike
  9. wheatmeal
  10. wheatmeals
  11. wheaton

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