olivine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any of a group of olive green magnesium-iron silicate minerals that crystallize in the orthorhombic system.

/ˈɒl.ɪˌviːn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-olivine.wav /ˈɑl.əˌvin/

olivine olivines

From olive + -in, later remodelled after -ine.

chrysolite Hawaiian peridot

bluestone

calcio-olivine olivinic olivinitic

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