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fuchsite

[ fyook-sahyt, fook- ]

noun

, Mineralogy.
  1. a bright green variety of muscovite having chromium in place of some of the aluminum.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of fuchsite1

1835–45; < German Fuchsit; named after J. N. von Fuchs, 19th-century German geologist; -ite 1

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