English Explanatory Dictionary

vanthoffite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A monoclinic-prismatic colorless mineral containing magnesium, oxygen, sodium, and sulfur.

Word forms

vanthoffite

Etymology

From Vanthoff + -ite, named for Dutch physical chemist and Nobel Prize winner Jacobus Hendricus van 't Hoff, Jr (1852-1911).

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