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bytownite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
by-town-ite
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A plagioclase feldspar, the fifth member of the Albite-Anorthite solid solution series. Bytownite is rare, and normally occurs in small grains in lime-rich igneous rocks. Clear pale yellow crystals have come from Mexico and Oregon.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Bytown + -ite, named for the type locality in Bytown (now Ottawa), Canada, but this locality was later discredited. The name, however, was kept.

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Inflected Forms

bytownites (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

rock feldspar plagioclase

Questions

What does bytownite mean?
A plagioclase feldspar, the fifth member of the Albite-Anorthite solid solution series. Bytownite is rare, and normally occurs in small grains in lime-rich igneous rocks. Clear pale yellow crystals have come from Mexico and Oregon.
Where does bytownite come from?
From Bytown + -ite, named for the type locality in Bytown (now Ottawa), Canada, but this locality was later discredited. The name, however, was kept.

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