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penninite

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pen⋅ni⋅nite

  [pen-uh-nahyt]
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–noun Mineralogy.
a member of the chlorite group, rhombohedral in habit.
Also, pen⋅nine  [pen-in, -ahyn] .

Origin:
1865–70; < G Pennin (after the Pennine Alps ) + -ite 1
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