vaesite

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noun

A nickel-sulfur mineral found with cattierite.

Scrabble 10

Meanings

nounvaesite (usually uncountable, plural vaesites)

plural vaesites

  1. uncountableusuallychemistryA nickel-sulfur mineral found with cattierite.

Origin

From Dutch Vaes + -ite. Named after Belgian mineralogist Johannes F. Vaes.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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