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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A hydrous borate of manganese, magnesiuin, and zinc (H(Mn,Zn,Mg)BO4) occurring in white fibrous forms at Franklin Furnace, Sussex county, New Jersey.
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- noun mineralogy A
monoclinic manganese borate mineral with thechemical formula MnBO2(OH).
Etymologies
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Sussex + -ite, after Sussex County, New Jersey where it was first discovered in 1868.
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