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thortveitite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
thortveitite
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A scandium yttrium silicate mineral, greyish-green, black or grey in colour, the primary source of scandium.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Norwegian Thortveit + -ite, after Norwegian engineer Olaus Thortveit.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

thortveitites (plural)

Questions

What does thortveitite mean?
A scandium yttrium silicate mineral, greyish-green, black or grey in colour, the primary source of scandium.
Where does thortveitite come from?
From Norwegian Thortveit + -ite, after Norwegian engineer Olaus Thortveit.

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