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edingtonite Min.|ˈɛdɪŋtɒnaɪt|
[f. the surname Edington (see quot. 1825) + -ite.]
A greyish white translucent mineral, consisting chiefly of the silicates of alumina, baryta, etc.
1825Haidinger in Edin. Jrnl. Sci. III. 317 It is in compliment to that gentleman [Mr. Edington, in whose collection Haidinger first saw the mineral] that the name of Edingtonite is here proposed. 1868Dana Min. 417 Edingtonite occurs in the Kilpatrick Hills, near Glasgow, Scotland, associated with harmotome, another baryta mineral. |