Definitions for colemanite

colemanite cole·man·ite

Spelling: [kohl-muh-nahyt]
IPA: /ˈkoʊl məˌnaɪt/

Colemanite is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 896 anagrams from letters in colemanite (aceeilmnot).

Definitions for colemanite

noun

  1. a mineral, hydrous calcium borate, Ca 2 B 6 O 11 ⋅5H 2 O, occurring in colorless or milky-white crystals.

Origin of colemanite

named in 1884 after W. T. Coleman of San Francisco, in whose mine it was found; see -ite1

Examples for colemanite

The salts contained in these deposits are mainly borax, ulexite, and colemanite.

The colemanite occurs in irregular milky-white layers or nodules, mingled with more or less gypsum.

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