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shungite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
shun-gite
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A black, lustrous, non-crystalline mineraloid consisting mostly of carbon, used as a pigment in art and an antibacterial water treatment.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

First described from a deposit near Shunga village in Karelia, Russia, + -ite.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

shungites (plural)

Derived Forms

shungitic

Questions

What does shungite mean?
A black, lustrous, non-crystalline mineraloid consisting mostly of carbon, used as a pigment in art and an antibacterial water treatment.
Where does shungite come from?
First described from a deposit near Shunga village in Karelia, Russia, + -ite.

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