noun
A yellowish to black mineral, Fe2SiO4, of the olivine group.
Origin of fayalite
German Fayalit from Fayal Faialfayalite
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See under olivine
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Noun
(countable and uncountable, plural fayalites)
Origin
fayal (“Faial Island in the Azores") +"Ž -ite. Named in 1840.
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