"colemanite" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: colemanites [plural]
Etymology: Coleman + -ite, named after William Tell Coleman (1824-1893) in 1884. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Coleman|ite}} Coleman + -ite Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} colemanite (countable and uncountable, plural colemanites)
  1. (mineralogy) A white, grey or colorless mineral form of calcium borate; a principal source of boron. Wikipedia link: William Tell Coleman, colemanite Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Minerals Translations (calcium borate mineral): colemaniitti (Finnish), colémanite [feminine] (French), Colemanit [masculine] (German), colemanite [feminine] (Italian), colemanita [feminine] (Portuguese), colemanita [feminine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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