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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Vesuvian mineral related to cancrinite: in part, perhaps, identical with microsommite.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A variety of nephelite from Vesuvius.
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- noun mineralogy A hexagonal-dipyramidal
mineral containingaluminum ,calcium ,chlorine ,oxygen ,potassium ,silicon ,sodium , andsulfur .
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hernesheir commented on the word davyne
Mineral named for Sir Humphrey Davy (1778-1829), English chemist.
June 8, 2010