uvarovite

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noun

A rare chromium-bearing garnet mineral with a vivid emerald-green colour.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

nounuvarovite (countable and uncountable, plural uvarovites)

plural uvarovites · alternative ouvarovite · alternative uwarowite

  1. countableuncountablechemistryA rare chromium-bearing garnet mineral with a vivid emerald-green colour.

Origin

From Uvarov + -ite, after Count Sergei Semenovitch Uvarov (1765-1855).

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Translations

Finnish uvaroviitti
  • uvaroviittimineral
French uvarovite
  • uvarovitemineral
German Uwarowit
  • Uwarowitmineral
Russian уваровит
  • уваровит (uvarovit)mineral
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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