octahedrite

American

[ok-tuh-hee-drahyt] / ˌɒk təˈhi draɪt /

noun

Mineralogy.

anatase.

octahedrite British

/ ˌɒktəˈhiːdraɪt /

noun

another name for anatase

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Etymology

Origin of octahedrite

1795–1805; < Late Latin octahedr ( os ) eight-sided < Greek oktáedron ( see octahedron) + -ite ¹

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octahedrite

He wanted to focus on the question of how much nickel should be in a plessitic octahedrite.

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“It’s a plessitic octahedrite, which I don’t know a whole lot about. But apparently, it’s super, super rare.”

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