smaragdite

[ smuh-rag-dahyt ]

/ sməˈræg daɪt /

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noun Mineralogy.

a green, foliated member of the amphibole group.

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Origin of smaragdite

1795–1805; <French <Greek smáragd(os) smaragd + French -ite-ite¹

Words nearby smaragdite

smalt, smaltite, smalto, smaragd, smaragdine, smaragdite, smarm, smarmy, smart, smart aleck, smartarse

How to use smaragdite in a sentence

With omphacite and smaragdite, garnet forms the peculiar rock called eclogite.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4|Various
Eclogite, ek′loj-īt, n. a crystalline rock, composed of smaragdite and red garnet.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)|Various

British Dictionary definitions for smaragdite

smaragdite

/ (sməˈræɡdaɪt) /

noun

a green fibrous amphibole mineral

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