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ripidolite

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ri⋅pid⋅o⋅lite

  [ri-pid-l-ahyt, rahy-]
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–noun
a mineral of the chlorite group, essentially hydrated magnesium and aluminum silicate with some ferrous iron.
Origin:
1840–50; < G Ripidolith < Gk rhīpid- (s. of rhīpís) fan + -o- -o- + G -lith -lite
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