cylindrite

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noun

A sulfosalt mineral, containing tin, lead, antimony and iron, whose triclinic pinacoidal crystals often occur as tubes or cylinders.

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Meanings

nouncylindrite (countable and uncountable, plural cylindrites)

plural cylindrites

  1. countableuncountablechemistryA sulfosalt mineral, containing tin, lead, antimony and iron, whose triclinic pinacoidal crystals often occur as tubes or cylinders.

Origin

From cylinder + -ite.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

indirectly
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APA

cylindrite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cylindrite

MLA

“cylindrite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cylindrite. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cylindrite,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cylindrite.

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