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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A silicate of aluminium and magnesium, MgAl2SiO6, occurring in from colorless to white fibrous or columnar aggregates: found at Fiskernäs, Greenland. Prismatine, from Waldheim, Saxony, is a similar mineral.

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  • noun mineralogy A rare boro-silicate mineral with the chemical formula (Mg,Fe2+)4(Al,Fe3+)6(SiO4,BO4)5(O,OH)2, some varieties of which are valued as gemstones.

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Andreas Nikolaus Kornerup (1857–1883), Danish geologist +‎ -ite.

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