haüynite

[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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Haüynite is always a great word to know.

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a fool or simpleton; ninny.

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