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from The Century Dictionary.
- Noting quartz containing acicular crystals of other materials, most commonly rutile, also tourmalin, actinolite, and the like.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Min.) Resembling sagenite; -- applied to quartz when containing acicular crystals of other minerals, most commonly rutile, also tourmaline, actinolite, and the like.
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- adjective mineralogy Resembling
sagenite ; applied toquartz when containingacicular crystals of other minerals, most commonlyrutile .
Etymologies
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sagenite + -ic
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