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hauynite

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ha⋅üy⋅nite

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

Origin:
1865–70; < F haüyne (Haüy + -(i)ne -ine 1 , after R. Haüy (1743–1822), French mineralogist) + -ite 1
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