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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A variety or subspecies of opaline silica fouud at Ménilmontant, a quarter in the eastern part of Paris.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Min.) See opal.

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  • noun mineralogy An opal.

Etymologies

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French ménilite, because it is found at Ménilmontant, near Paris.

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