smaragdite
[smuh-rag-dahyt]
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noun Mineralogy.
a green, foliated member of the amphibole group.
Origin of smaragdite
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With omphacite and smaragdite, garnet forms the peculiar rock called eclogite.
Eclogite, ek′loj-īt, n. a crystalline rock, composed of smaragdite and red garnet.
smaragdite
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