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hid⋅den⋅ite

  [hid-n-ahyt]
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–noun Mineralogy.
a rare, transparent variety of spodumene, colored yellow-green to emerald-green by chromium: used as a gem.
Origin:
after William E. Hidden (1853–1918), U.S. mineralogist, who discovered it in 1879; see -ite 1
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hid·den·ite   (hĭd'n-īt')   
n.  A transparent emerald-green variety of spodumene, used as a gemstone.

[After William Earl Hidden (1853-1918), American mineralogist.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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