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VANADINITE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does vanadinite mean?
• VANADINITE (noun)
The noun VANADINITE has 1 sense:
1. a mineral consisting of chloride and vanadate of lead; a source of vanadium
Familiarity information: VANADINITE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mineral consisting of chloride and vanadate of lead; a source of vanadium
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("vanadinite" is a kind of...):
mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)
Meronyms (substance of "vanadinite"):
atomic number 23; V; vanadium (a soft silvery white toxic metallic element used in steel alloys; it occurs in several complex minerals including carnotite and vanadinite)
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