algerite
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "I offer it as a new mineral species which will take a place by the side of edingtonite ; and to connect with his favorite science, the name of one who is among its most successful cultivators, I propose for it the designation of Algerite."
- "Algerite, named by Mr. Hunt in honour of its discoverer, Mr. Alger, is found in the town of Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey."
- "By alkaline carbonates in solution, alkalies may be introduced and lime removed, thus forming mica, algerite, etc., and perhaps zeolites; and the potash carbonate appears to be able under some circumstances to replace with potash, the soda of a soda silicate, as in algerite."
- "Prof. T. Sterry Hunt, of Montreal, has called my attention to the near relation between the composition of the Diana gieseckite and his analyses of the minerals algerite (this Journal, [2], viii, 105) and wilsonite (ib., xix, 428),"
- "Kembleite: An obsolete local name, of unknown origin, used in reference to altered scapolite (algerite)."