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fayalite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.05 in modern English

Syllables
fay-alite
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Yellow, olive green, brown or black mineral with orthorhombic crystals of the olivine group, Fe₂SiO₄.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Fayal (“Faial Island in the Azores”) + -ite. Named in 1840.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

fayalites (plural)

Derived Forms

fayalitic

Questions

What does fayalite mean?
Yellow, olive green, brown or black mineral with orthorhombic crystals of the olivine group, Fe₂SiO₄.
Where does fayalite come from?
From Fayal (“Faial Island in the Azores”) + -ite. Named in 1840.

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