adamite

See also: Adamite

English

Etymology 1

Noun

adamite (plural adamites)

  1. A descendant of Adam; a human being.

Etymology 2

Adamite

Named after French mineralogist Gilbert Joseph Adam (1795-1881) in 1866.[1]

Noun

adamite

  1. (mineralogy) A zinc arsenate hydroxide mineral, Zn2AsO4OH.
Translations

References

  • “Adamite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • adamite mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016
  1. ↑ Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Adam +‎ -ite

Adjective

adamite (plural adamites)

  1. adamite, Adamite

Noun

adamite m, f (plural adamites)

  1. Adamite

Noun

adamite f (plural adamites)

  1. (mineralogy) adamite
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