saussurite
Meanings
noun
- A tough, compact mineral aggregate, of a white, greenish, or greyish colour. It is an aggregate of albite, zoisite, prehnite and other aluminium silicates, and is produced by the alteration of feldspar.
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Etymology
From Saussure + -ite.
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