haüyne

ha·üy·nite

[ah-wee-nahyt]
noun
a relatively rare feldspathoid mineral related to sodalite: sometimes confused with lapis lazuli.
Also, ha·üyne [ah-ween] .


Origin:
1865–70; < French haüyne (Haüy + -(i)ne -ine1, after R. Haüy (1743–1822), French mineralogist) + -ite1

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