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astrophyllite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
as-tro-phyl-lite
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A rare, brown to golden-yellow hydrous potassium iron titanium silicate mineral, visually identical to kupletskite.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr, “star”) + φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”) + -ite.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

astrophyllites (plural)

Derived Forms

zircophyllite

Questions

What does astrophyllite mean?
A rare, brown to golden-yellow hydrous potassium iron titanium silicate mineral, visually identical to kupletskite.
Where does astrophyllite come from?
From Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr, “star”) + φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”) + -ite.

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