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wherryite

wherryite noun: a monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing copper, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, silicon, and sulfur.

Noun

wherryite

  1. A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing copper, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, silicon, and sulfur.

Origin of wherryite

From Wherry + -ite, named for Edgar T. Wherry, American mineralogist and plant ecologist.

Questions about wherryite

What does wherryite mean?
Wherryite means a monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing copper, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, silicon, and sulfur.
What part of speech is wherryite?
Wherryite is a noun.

Words near wherryite in the dictionary

  1. wherried
  2. wherries
  3. Wherrol Flat
  4. wherry
  5. wherrying
  6. wherryite
  7. wherryman
  8. wherrymen
  9. Wherrys
  10. wherve
  11. wherves

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