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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A massive opaque mineral with greasy luster and of greenish or brownish-black color, found in the quicksilver-mines of Idria in Carniola, Austria.
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- noun mineralogy A soft,
orthorhombic hydrocarbon mineral , usually greenish-yellow to light brown in colour with bluishfluorescence .
Etymologies
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Idria, Slovenia, where it can be found, and -ite.
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