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gahnite definition

gahn·ite (gän′īt′)

noun

a dark green to black, very hard, brittle, crystalline mineral, ZnAlO, found in schists, pegmatites, etc.; zinc spinel

Etymology: Ger gahnit, after J. G. Gahn (1745-1818), Swed chemist

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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