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glaucophane

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
glau-co-phane
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A blue amphibole mineral, a mixed aluminate of sodium, magnesium and aluminium that exhibits pleochroism, with the chemical formula Na₂(Mg,Fe²⁺)₃Al₂Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

glaucophanes (plural)

Derived Forms

glaucophanite

Questions

What does glaucophane mean?
A blue amphibole mineral, a mixed aluminate of sodium, magnesium and aluminium that exhibits pleochroism, with the chemical formula Na₂(Mg,Fe²⁺)₃Al₂Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂.

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