English Explanatory Dictionary

galaxite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A brownish-red spinel mineral found in carbonate-rich metamorphosed manganese ore deposits.

Word forms

galaxite galaxites

Etymology

From Galax + -ite after the town of Galax, Virginia, USA.

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