russellite

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noun

An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing bismuth, oxygen, and tungsten.

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Meanings

russellite1

nounrussellite (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistryAn orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing bismuth, oxygen, and tungsten.

Russellite2

nounRussellite (plural Russellites)

plural Russellites

  1. historicalA follower of Sir Thomas Russell, 1st Baronet (1841–1920), Irish politician and agrarian agitator.
  2. historicalChristianityA follower of Charles Taze Russell (1852–1916), Christian restorationist minister from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, and founder of what is now known as the Bible Student movement.

    When Malone next looked round he was gone. "He is one of these Second-coming fanatics," he whispered to Enid. There are a lot of them—Christadelphians, Russellites, Bible Students and what-not.

    1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “Which Describes an Evening in Strange Company”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019

Origin

russellite · noun

Named after British mineral collector Sir Arthur Edward Ian Montague Russell (1878–1964), who held the mineral in his collection before it was donated for analysis, + -ite.

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Russellite · noun

From Russell + -ite.

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APA

russellite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/russellite

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“russellite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/russellite. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “russellite,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/russellite.

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