fuchsite
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fuchsite
1835–45; < German Fuchsit; named after J. N. von Fuchs, 19th-century German geologist; see -ite 1
Example Sentences
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Most aventurine is of reddish brown or yellow colour, but a green variety, containing scales of fuchsite or chrome-mica, is also known.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various
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