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noun
An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing bismuth, oxygen, and tungsten.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: chemistry, geography, geology, mineralogy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
A follower of Sir Thomas Russell, 1st Baronet (1841–1920), Irish politician and agrarian agitator.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
A 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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: Christianity
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History
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.
From Russell + -ite.
