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zavalíaite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
zavali-aite
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Etymology

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

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Questions

What does zavalíaite mean?
A colourless monoclinic mineral containing oxygen, phosphorus, magnesium, manganese, and iron.
Where does zavalíaite come from?
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

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