English Explanatory Dictionary

stannomicrolite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An isometric-hexoctahedral yellow brown mineral containing hydrogen, iron, manganese, niobium, oxygen, tantalum, tin, and titanium.
  2. A variety of the generalized microlite subgroup.

Word forms

stannomicrolite

Etymology

For its composition, a tin-dominant member of the microlite group, from Latin stannum (“tin”). Discredited as the name of one specific species of mineral; as a mineral, most likely refers to oxystannomicrolite.

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