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smaragdite

(smə rag′dīt)

noun

a bright-green kind of amphibole

Origin: Fr: see smaragd & -ite

See smaragdite in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A fibrous green amphibole mineral occurring in rocks such as eclogite.

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: , from Latin smaragdus, emerald; see emerald

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