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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A kind of mica, analogous to muscovite in composition, but containing sodium in place of potassium: it is characteristic of the paragonite-schist of the Alps.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Min.) A kind of mica related to muscovite, but containing soda instead of potash. It is characteristic of the paragonite schist of the Alps.

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  • noun mineralogy A mineral related to muscovite.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a colorless or pale brown mica with sodium

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