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wilcoxite

wilcoxite noun: a triclinic mineral containing aluminum, fluorine, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, and sulfur.

Noun

wilcoxite

  1. A triclinic mineral containing aluminum, fluorine, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, and sulfur.

Origin of wilcoxite

From Wilcox + -ite, after William Wilcox (?-1880), discoverer of the Wilcox district of New Mexico in 1879.

Questions about wilcoxite

What does wilcoxite mean?
Wilcoxite means a triclinic mineral containing aluminum, fluorine, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, and sulfur.
What part of speech is wilcoxite?
Wilcoxite is a noun.

Words near wilcoxite in the dictionary

  1. Wilcot, Huish and Oare
  2. Wilcox
  3. Wilcox County
  4. Wilcoxen
  5. Wilcoxens
  6. wilcoxite
  7. Wilcoxon
  8. Wilcoxson
  9. Wilcoxsons
  10. Wilczek
  11. Wilczeks

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