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chamosite

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cham⋅o⋅site

[sham-uh-zahyt]
–noun
a mineral of the chlorite group, hydrous aluminum silicate of iron, occurring in gray or black crystals in oolitic iron ore.

Origin:
1825–35; var. of camoisite, named after Chamoison in the Valais, Switzerland, where found; see -ite 1
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