smaragdite

American

[smuh-rag-dahyt] / sməˈræg daɪt /

noun

Mineralogy.

a green, foliated member of the amphibole group.

smaragdite British

/ sməˈræɡdaɪt /

noun

a green fibrous amphibole mineral

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Etymology

Origin of smaragdite

1795–1805; < French < Greek smáragd ( os ) smaragd + French -ite -ite ¹

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smaragdite

Eclogite, ek′loj-īt, n. a crystalline rock, composed of smaragdite and red garnet.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

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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