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hiddenite definition

☆ hid·den·ite (hid′'n īt′)

noun

a rare, yellowish to emerald-green variety of spodumene, a semiprecious stone

Etymology: after W. E. Hidden, U.S. mineralogist who discovered it (1879)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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