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pigeonite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pi-geonite
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any monoclinic pyroxene that is a mixed calcium, magnesium and ferrous silicate.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From pigeon + -ite, named from its type locality on Lake Superior's shores at Pigeon Point, Minnesota, United States.

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Inflected Forms

pigeonites (plural)

Questions

What does pigeonite mean?
Any monoclinic pyroxene that is a mixed calcium, magnesium and ferrous silicate.
Where does pigeonite come from?
From pigeon + -ite, named from its type locality on Lake Superior's shores at Pigeon Point, Minnesota, United States.

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