Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A hydrated silicate of aluminium, of a greenish color and micaceous structure.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A hydrated silica of alumina, resulting from the alteration of iolite.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mineralogy A
hydration ofiolite .
Etymologies
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Fahlun + -ite, after a place in Sweden (nowadays written Falun).
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