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reinerite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
reiner-ite
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing arsenic, oxygen, and zinc.

Etymology

Named in 1958 by Bruno H. Geier and K. Weber in honour of Willy Reiner (1895-1965), Senior Chemist at the Tsumeb Corporation, Namibia, who analyzed the type material Reiner + -ite

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Questions

What does reinerite mean?
An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing arsenic, oxygen, and zinc.
Where does reinerite come from?
Named in 1958 by Bruno H. Geier and K. Weber in honour of Willy Reiner (1895-1965), Senior Chemist at the Tsumeb Corporation, Namibia, who analyzed the type material Reiner + -ite

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