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sanukite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sanukite
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An andesite characterized by orthopyroxene as the mafic mineral, andesine as the plagioclase, and a glassy groundmass.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Japanese 讃岐 (さぬき) (sanuki), a place in Kagawa, Japan, where the material is found, and -ite.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

sanukites (plural)

Derived Forms

sanukitoid

Questions

What does sanukite mean?
An andesite characterized by orthopyroxene as the mafic mineral, andesine as the plagioclase, and a glassy groundmass.
Where does sanukite come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

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