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zoisite in British English
(ˈzɔɪˌsaɪt)
noun
a grey, brown, or pink mineral consisting of hydrated calcium aluminium silicate in orthorhombic crystalline form. Formula: Ca2Al3(SiO4)3(OH)
Word origin
C19: from German Zoisit; named after Baron Sigismund Zois von Edelstein (1747–1819), Slovenian nobleman; see -ite1zoisite in American English
(ˈzɔɪˌsaɪt)
noun
a hard, glassy, orthorhombic mineral, Ca2Al3Si3O12(OH), often used as a gem; hydrous calcium aluminum silicate
cf. tanzanite Word origin
Ger zoisit, after Baron Zois von Edelstein (1747-1819), its discovererImage ofzoisite
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