Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stellarite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
stel-lar-ite
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of torbanite, which sparks when set on fire.

Uncountable

Etymology

From stellar (“starry”) + -ite (“mineral”). From being a form of oil coal (“a type of coal”) which emits sparks like stars (“Latin stella”) when burned.

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Questions

What does stellarite mean?
A type of torbanite, which sparks when set on fire.
Where does stellarite come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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