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- noun A mineral usually occurring in rounded crystalline grains, rarely in distinct isometric crystals.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
haüyne .
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The sides of the crater present numerous loose masses, which appear to have been ejected, and consist of glassy feldspar, ice-spar, sodalite, hauyne, spinellane, and leucite.
COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
hernesheir commented on the word hauyne
See my comment on haüyne.
July 2, 2010