How Do You Spell DIXENITE?
Pronunciation: [dˈɪksənˌa͡ɪt] (IPA) 
Dixenite, a mineral named in honor of American geologist John Dixey, is pronounced as /ˈdɪksən-ˌaɪt/. The first syllable is pronounced as "dick" with a short "i" sound, followed by a stressed "suh" sound. The "-enite" suffix, commonly found in mineral names, is pronounced as "uh-night". The word is spelled as "d-i-x-e-n-i-t-e" with an "-e" in the middle, not to be confused with "d-i-x-o-n-i-t-e", which is a separate mineral discovered in 1983. Dixenite is composed of copper, arsenic, oxygen, and hydrogen and was first identified in Montana in the United States.
