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zavalíaite

zavalíaite noun: a colourless monoclinic mineral containing oxygen, phosphorus, magnesium, manganese, and iron.

Noun

zavalíaite

  1. A colourless monoclinic mineral containing oxygen, phosphorus, magnesium, manganese, and iron.

Origin of zavalíaite

Named in honour of María Florencia de Fátima Márquez-Zavalía (born 1955), researcher and Head of the Department of Mineralogy at the National Research Council of Argentina, for her contributions to Argentinian mineralogy. Zavalía + -ite

Questions about zavalíaite

What does zavalíaite mean?
Zavalíaite means a colourless monoclinic mineral containing oxygen, phosphorus, magnesium, manganese, and iron.
What part of speech is zavalíaite?
Zavalíaite is a noun.

Words near zavalíaite in the dictionary

  1. Zavalas
  2. Zavaleta
  3. Zavaletas
  4. Zavalza
  5. Zavalzas
  6. zavalíaite
  7. zavaritskite
  8. zavegepant
  9. Zaventem
  10. Zaveri
  11. Zaveris

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