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zinc spinel

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gahn⋅ite

[gah-nahyt]
–noun
a dark-green to black mineral of the spinel group, zinc aluminate, ZnAl2O4.
Also called zinc spinel.


Origin:
1800–10; named after J. G. Gahn (1745–1818), Swedish chemist; see -ite 1
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gahn·ite   (gä'nīt')   
n.  A dark green to brown or black mineral, ZnAl2O4. Also called zinc spinel.

[After Johan Gottlieb Gahn (1745-1818), Swedish mineralogist.]
zinc spinel  
n.  See gahnite.
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