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bournonite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bournon-ite
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sulfosalt mineral, a sulfantimonite of lead and copper.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Bournon + -ite after French crystallographer and mineralogist Jacques Louis de Bournon (1751–1825).

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Usage

Inflected Forms

bournonites (plural)

Questions

What does bournonite mean?
A sulfosalt mineral, a sulfantimonite of lead and copper.
Where does bournonite come from?
From Bournon + -ite after French crystallographer and mineralogist Jacques Louis de Bournon (1751–1825).

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