English Explanatory Dictionary

duporthite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A rare asbestiform mineral, a mixture of talc and chlorite.

Word forms

duporthite duporthites

Etymology

Named after Duporth (a town in Cornwall, England, where this mineral occurred) + -ite.

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