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ramsdellite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
rams-del-lite
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A black or gray orthorhombic mineral form of manganese dioxide

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Named in honour of Lewis Stephen Ramsdell (1895-1975), Professor of Mineralogy at the University of Michigan, who first discovered the mineral From Ramsdell + -ite.

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Inflected Forms

ramsdellites (plural)

Questions

What does ramsdellite mean?
A black or gray orthorhombic mineral form of manganese dioxide
Where does ramsdellite come from?
Named in honour of Lewis Stephen Ramsdell (1895-1975), Professor of Mineralogy at the University of Michigan, who first discovered the mineral From Ramsdell + -ite.

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