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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as haüyne.

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

  • noun (Min.) A blue isometric mineral, characteristic of some volcanic rocks. It is a silicate of alumina, lime, and soda, with sulphate of lime.

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  • noun mineralogy An isometric tectosilicate feldspathoid mineral with sulfate and chloride.

Etymologies

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René Just Haüy, (1743-1822), French crystallographer, and -ite.

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