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Vesuvianite
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Vesuvianite has 1 sense
- vesuvianite(n = noun.substance) idocrase, vesuvian - a green or yellow or brown mineral consisting of a hydrated silicate; it occurs as crystals in limestone and is used a gemstone; Array is a kind of mineral
CIDE DICTIONARY
Vesuvianite, n.
A mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals, and also massive, of a brown to green color, rarely sulphur yellow and blue. It is a silicate of alumina and lime with some iron magnesia, and is common at Vesuvius. Also called idocrase . [1913 Webster]
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