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sma⋅rag⋅dite

  [smuh-rag-dahyt]
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–noun Mineralogy.
a green, foliated member of the amphibole group.
Origin:
1795–1805; < F < Gk smáragd(os) smaragd + F -ite -ite 1
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sma·rag·dite   (smə-rāg'dīt')   
n.  A fibrous green amphibole mineral occurring in rocks such as eclogite.

[French, from Latin smaragdus, emerald; see emerald.]
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