octahedrite
Americannoun
noun
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Origin of octahedrite
1795–1805; < Late Latin octahedr ( os ) eight-sided < Greek oktáedron ( octahedron ) + -ite 1
Example Sentences
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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.”
From The Verge
He wanted to focus on the question of how much nickel should be in a plessitic octahedrite.
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