haüynite

American

[ah-wee-nahyt] / ɑˈwi naɪt /

Also haüyne

noun

a relatively rare feldspathoid mineral related to sodalite: sometimes confused with lapis lazuli.

Etymology

Origin of haüynite

1865–70; < French haüyne ( Haüy + - ( i ) ne -ine ¹, after R. Haüy (1743–1822), French mineralogist) + -ite ¹

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She even incorporated stones not typically used in jewelry—a challenge for her setters—among them the ring’s electric-blue hauynite.

From Architectural Digest

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