Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gerhardtite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ger-hardtite
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An orthorhombic-disphenoidal mineral containing copper, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen.

Etymology

From Gerhardt + -ite, after Charles Frédéric Gerhardt (1816-1856), a chemist who first prepared the artificial compound.

Questions

What does gerhardtite mean?: An orthorhombic-disphenoidal mineral containing copper, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen.
Where does gerhardtite come from?: From Gerhardt + -ite, after Charles Frédéric Gerhardt (1816-1856), a chemist who first prepared the artificial compound.

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