beresiten.
/ˈbɛrɪsʌɪt/ Mineralogy.
See quot. 1879.
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1849 R. I. Murchison Siluria xix. 454 The shaft traverses a mass called ‘beresite.’
1879 H. Watts Dict. Chem. I. 580 Beresite is a fine-grained granite..occurring at Beresowsk in the Ural.
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