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smaragdite

[ smuh-rag-dahyt ]

noun

Mineralogy.
  1. a green, foliated member of the amphibole group.


smaragdite

/ ²õ³¾É™Ëˆ°ùæɡ»å²¹Éª³Ù /

noun

  1. a green fibrous amphibole mineral
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Origin of smaragdite1

1795–1805; < French < Greek ²õ³¾Ã¡°ù²¹²µ»å ( os ) smaragd + French -ite -ite 1
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Eclogite, ek′loj-īt, n. a crystalline rock, composed of smaragdite and red garnet.

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

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