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CALIFORNITE

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cal⋅i⋅for⋅nite

  [kal-uh-fawr-nahyt]
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–noun
vesuvianite jade.
Origin:
1900–05; Californ(ia) (where it is found) + -ite 1
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vesuvianite jade

 
–noun
a green variety of vesuvianite, used as a gem: not a true jade.
Also, vesuvian jade.
Also called californite.
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cal·i·for·nite   (kāl'ə-fôr'nīt)   
n.  A massive green vesuvianite.

[After California (where it is found).]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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