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smaragdite
smaragdite Min. (sməˈrægdaɪt) [a. F. smaragdite (Saussure, 1796), f. Gr. σµάραγδ-ος smaragd + -ite1 2 b. Cf. Gr. σµαραγδίτης (λίθος).] A brilliant grass-green or emerald-green variety of amphibole or hornblende. In early use occasionally identified with diallage, to which it bears some resemblance.1...
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Diallage
Due to alteration, diallage can grow spots on its surface, which are made out of smaragdite (the green variety of amphibole). This mineral can also be found interlaminated with bronzite as well, other than smaragdite and uralite.
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corsilite
corsilite Min. (ˈkɔːsɪlaɪt) Also -lyte. [f. F. Corse Corsica + -lite.] (See quots.)1811 Pinkerton Petral. II. 78 Corsilite. This beautiful rock being..from Corsica, it was thought proper to propose a geographical name. 1868 Dana Min. 235 Smaragdite..forms, along with whitish or greenish saussurrite,...
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diallage
▪ I. ‖ diallage1 Rhet. (daɪˈælədʒiː) [mod.L. diallagē, a. Gr. διαλλαγή interchange, f. διαλλαγ- aorist stem of διαλλάσσειν to interchange, f. διά through, across + ἀλλάσσειν to change, make other than it is, f. ἄλλος other.] A figure of speech by which arguments, after having been considered from va...
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edenite
edenite Min. (ˈiːdənaɪt) [ad. G. edenit (E. F. Glocker Grundriss d. Min. (1839) 410), f. Edenville, Orange County, New York: see -ite1.] A light-coloured sodian variety of hornblende containing relatively little iron.1842 L. C. Beck Mineral. New York ii. vi. 302 About a mile north of Edenville is an...
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eclogite
eclogite Min. (ˈɛklədʒaɪt) Also 9 eclogyte, eklogite. [f. Gr. ἐκλογή selection; see quot. 1822.] A metamorphic rock, consisting of granular garnet and hornblende, with grass-green smaragdite (Dana Man. Geol. (1880) 74).[1822 Haüy Minéralogie IV. 548 Diallage, Espèce unique: Eclogite, d' ἐκλογη choix...
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feldspar
feldspar, felspar Min. (ˈfɛldspɑː(r), ˈfɛlspɑː(r)) Forms: α. 8 feldspat(h, feltspat. β. 8 fieldspar, 8– feldspar. γ. 8–9 felspar. [The forms feldspat(h, feltspat are adoptions (the latter through Sw.) of Ger. feldspat(h, f. feld field + spat(h spar. Almost contemporaneously appear the wholly or part...
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green
▪ I. green, a. and n. (griːn) Forms: 1 grœ́ni, gréne, 2–7 grene, 4–6 grenn(e, greyn(e, 4–7 greene, gren, 6 greane, grein(e, gryne, 7 grien, 5– green. [OE. gréne = OFris. grêne, OS. grôni (MDu. grone, Du. groen), OHG. gruoni, kruoni (MHG. grüene, G. grün), ON. grœnn (Da. gr{obar}n Sw. grön):— OTeut. ...
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