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katophorite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
katophorite
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, and titanium.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

  • "Sodium Amphibole. Aluminokatophorite Na2Ca(Fe^2,Mg)4 AlSi7 AlO22 (OH)2. Forms two series with Magnesio-aluminokatophorite and Ferrikatophorite."

Etymology

From German Katoforite, that from Ancient Greek κατώφορος (katṓphoros, “having a downward tendency”), from κάτω (kátō, “downward”) and φέρω (phérō, “to bear, carry”), referring to the mineral's volcanic origin. The suffix -ite was already used for other minerals.

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Usage

Inflected Forms

katophorites (plural) katoforit (alternative) katoforite (alternative)

Derived Forms

katophoritic

Questions

What does katophorite mean?
A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, and titanium.
Where does katophorite come from?
It is traced to German.

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