"shungite" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: shungites [plural]
Etymology: First described from a deposit near Shunga village in Karelia, Russia, + -ite. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en||ite}} + -ite Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} shungite (countable and uncountable, plural shungites)
  1. (mineralogy) A black, lustrous, non-crystalline mineraloid consisting mostly of carbon, used as a pigment in art and an antibacterial water treatment. Wikipedia link: shungite Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: shungitic

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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