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dialogite

American  
[dahy-al-uh-jahyt] / daɪˈæl əˌdʒaɪt /

noun

Mineralogy.

  1. rhodochrosite.

Etymology

Origin of dialogite

1820–30; < Greek dialog ( ḗ ) selection, derivative of dialégein to select ( dia- dia- + légein to speak) + -ite 1

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Dialogite, dī-al′ō-jīt, n. a rose-red carbonate of manganese—also Rhodochrosite.

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