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reidite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
rei-dite
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tetragonal-dipyramidal white mineral containing oxygen, silicon, and zirconium.

Etymology

Named in 2002 by Billy P. Glass, Shaobin Liu and Peter B. Leavens in honour of Alan F. Reid, who first produced the phase in high-pressure laboratory experiments in 1969. Reid + -ite

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Questions

What does reidite mean?
A tetragonal-dipyramidal white mineral containing oxygen, silicon, and zirconium.
Where does reidite come from?
Named in 2002 by Billy P. Glass, Shaobin Liu and Peter B. Leavens in honour of Alan F. Reid, who first produced the phase in high-pressure laboratory experiments in 1969. Reid + -ite

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