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carpholite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
carpho-lite
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κάρφος (kárphos, “straw”) + λίθος (líthos, “stone”) for its appearance of long, slender crystallization and color.

Usage

Inflected Forms

carpholites (plural)

Derived Forms

ferrocarpholite magnesiocarpholite vanadiocarpholite

Questions

What does carpholite mean?
An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.
Where does carpholite come from?
From Ancient Greek κάρφος (kárphos, “straw”) + λίθος (líthos, “stone”) for its appearance of long, slender crystallization and color.

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