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du⋅mor⋅ti⋅er⋅ite

  [doo-mawr-tee-uh-rahyt, dyoo-]
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–noun
a mineral, aluminum borosilicate.
Origin:
1880–85; < F, named after Eugène Dumortier, 19th-century French paleontologist; see -ite 1
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du·mor·ti·er·ite   (dōō-môr'tē-ə-rīt', dyōō-)   
n.  A glassy pink, green, violet, or blue aluminum borosilicate mineral, Al8BSi3O19OH, used in spark-plug ceramics and as imitation lapis lazuli.

[French, after Eugène Dumortier, 19th-century French paleontologist.]
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