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  • noun A silicate of beryllium and sodium, HNaBeSi3O8, occurring in colorless twinned orthorhombic crystals of tabular habit: found in southern Greenland. It has the same composition as eudidymite, but differs from it in crystallization.

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  • noun mineralogy An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing beryllium, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.

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