menaccanite

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Etymology[edit]

Menaccan +‎ -ite, after the place in Cornwall where it was first found.

Noun[edit]

menaccanite (countable and uncountable, plural menaccanites)

  1. (mineralogy) A black or steel-grey mineral consisting chiefly of the oxides of iron and titanium.

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