Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A variety of pyroxene occurring in large crystals, often with uneven faces and rounded edges, and having a dark olive-green color passing into brown.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A variety of pyroxene of olive-green color passing into brown. It contains zinc.
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- noun mineralogy A variety of
pyroxene of olive-green color passing into brown. It containszinc .
Etymologies
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Named after Thomas Jefferson
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In the first case (31) are varieties of felspar; in the second case (32) are micaceous and other mineral substances; in the third case (33) are basaltic hornblende, tremolite, &c.; in the fourth case (34) are varieties of asbestus, which defies the action of fire; jeffersonite; jenite from the Elba,
How to See the British Museum in Four Visits W. Blanchard Jerrold 1855
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