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mordenite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mor-den-ite
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and sodium.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Named for type locality Morden, Nova Scotia (Canada) + -ite.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

mordenites (plural)

Synonyms

flokite ptilolite

Questions

What does mordenite mean?
An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and sodium.
Where does mordenite come from?
Named for type locality Morden, Nova Scotia (Canada) + -ite.

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