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zanazziite

zanazziite noun: a complex phosphate with the chemical formula Ca₂(Mg,Fe)(Mg,Fe,Mn,Al)₄Be₄(OH)₄(PO₄)₆·6H₂O, having a pale to dark olive-green colour.

Noun

zanazziite (uncountable)

  1. A complex phosphate with the chemical formula Ca₂(Mg,Fe)(Mg,Fe,Mn,Al)₄Be₄(OH)₄(PO₄)₆·6H₂O, having a pale to dark olive-green colour.

Origin of zanazziite

From Zanazzi + -ite, after P. F. Zanazzi, Italian professor of mineralogy.

Questions about zanazziite

What does zanazziite mean?
Zanazziite means a complex phosphate with the chemical formula Ca₂(Mg,Fe)(Mg,Fe,Mn,Al)₄Be₄(OH)₄(PO₄)₆·6H₂O, having a pale to dark olive-green colour.
What part of speech is zanazziite?
Zanazziite is a noun.

Words near zanazziite in the dictionary

  1. zananah
  2. zananahs
  3. zananas
  4. Zanata
  5. Zanatepec
  6. zanazziite
  7. zanbara
  8. Zanclean
  9. Zanclean flood
  10. zanclid
  11. zanclids

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