English Explanatory Dictionary

vashegyite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus.

Word forms

vashegyite

Etymology

From Hungarian Vashegy (literally “iron mountain”) (the old Hungarian name for the village of Železník, Slovakia where the mineral was discovered) + -ite.

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