Home › Words › B › binghamitebinghamitebinghamite means A type of agate stone found in Minnesota.EtymologyFrom Bingham + -ite, after William Bingham, a lapidary, who discovered it in 1936.nounA type of agate stone found in Minnesota.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.silkstone 66% match — binghamite vs binghamite →minnesotaite 65% match — An iron magnesium silicate of the talc group vs binghamite →cuyunite 61% match — binghamite vs binghamite →bixbyite 60% match — A rare manganese iron oxide mineral with a black metallic appearance. vs binghamite →bixbite 59% match — The mineral red beryl. vs binghamite →bostonite 59% match — Synonym of Bostonian (“from or of Boston, Massachusetts, or Boston, Lincolnshire”). vs binghamite →babingtonite 59% match — A mineral occurring in triclinic crystals approaching pyroxene in angle, and of a greenish black color. It is a silicate of iron, manganese, and lime. vs binghamite →bementite 59% match — A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and silicon. vs binghamite →