Definitions For Prehnite

Noun

PREHNITE. (countable and uncountable, plural PREHNITEs) (mineral) A mineral, a basic calcium, aluminium and iron aluminosilicate, which occurs in stalactitic aggregates or curved crystals, calcium, ca2aluminum, al2silicon, si3oxygen, o10(Ohydrogen, h)2.

Translations

Chinese: : Mandarin: 葡萄石, tr=pútáoshí, sc=Hani Finnish: prehniitti Japanese: 葡萄石 (ぶどうせき, budōseki) Spanish: prehnita, f

Etymology

Named in 1789 after Hendrik Von Prehn (1733-1785),Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997 Dutch colonial governor. This was the first mineral to be named after a person.

Anagrams

nephrite, repineth, ripeneth, trephine

Is Prehnite a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends NO
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Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
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