English Explanatory Dictionary

colemanite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A white, grey or colorless mineral form of calcium borate; a principal source of boron.

Word forms

colemanite colemanites

Etymology

From Coleman + -ite, named after William Tell Coleman (1824-1893) in 1884.

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