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simonite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
si-monite
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A monoclinic-prismatic red mineral containing arsenic, mercury, sulphur, and thallium.

noun

Synonym of Simonian.

Etymology

Simonite (TlHgAs₃S₆), found in Allchar, Macedonia, Yugoslavia, named in 1982 for Simon Engel, son of Peter Engel (b. 1942), a Swiss crystallographer, + -ite

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Simonites (plural)

Synonyms

Simonian

Questions

What does simonite mean?
A monoclinic-prismatic red mineral containing arsenic, mercury, sulphur, and thallium.
Where does simonite come from?
Simonite (TlHgAs₃S₆), found in Allchar, Macedonia, Yugoslavia, named in 1982 for Simon Engel, son of Peter Engel (b. 1942), a Swiss crystallographer, + -ite

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