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omphacite

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[om-fuh-sahyt] / ˈɒm fəˌsaɪt /

noun

Mineralogy.

  1. a pale-green variety of pyroxene similar to olivine, found in eclogite.

Etymology

Origin of omphacite

1820–30; < German Omphazit < Greek omphakī́tēs green stone, equivalent to omphak- (stem of ómphax ) unripe grape + -ītēs -ite 1

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With omphacite and smaragdite, garnet forms the peculiar rock called eclogite.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various

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