enhydriten.
/ɛnˈhʌɪdrʌɪt/ A mineral containing water occluded in its cavities.
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1795 J. Hutton Theory Earth I. 499 Water contained within a solid flint will not make its escape, as does that contained in the enhydrites of Mount Berico , which are composed of a porous calcedony.
Derivatives
enhyˈdritic adj. [+ -ic suffix] of the nature of an enhydrite.
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the world > the earth > minerals > mineral structure or appearance > [adjective] > containing water
enhydritic1811
enhydrous1811
hydrous1826
1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy I. 60 Enhydritic agates found near Vicenza.
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