emeryliten.
/ˈɛmərɪlʌɪt/ Mineralogy.
A silicate of calcium and aluminium, occurring in trimetric hemihedral crystals, with a monoclinic aspect; = margarite n.2 1.
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1849 J. L. Smith in Amer. Jrnl. Sc. 2nd Ser. VII. 285 I have decided to call it Emerylite.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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