gahnite
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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