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elbaite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
el-baite
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sodium-lithium-aluminium borosilicate mineral of the tourmaline group, prized as a gemstone.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Elba + -ite, named after the island Elba in Tuscany, Italy where it was first discovered.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

elbaites (plural)

Questions

What does elbaite mean?
A sodium-lithium-aluminium borosilicate mineral of the tourmaline group, prized as a gemstone.
Where does elbaite come from?
From Elba + -ite, named after the island Elba in Tuscany, Italy where it was first discovered.

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