anhydrite

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Noun
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an=hy=drite

CIDE DICTIONARY

anhydriten. [See Anhydrous.].
     A mineral of a white or a slightly bluish color, usually massive. It is anhydrous sulphate of lime, and differs from gypsum in not containing water (whence the name).  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

anhydrite, n. a naturally occurring, usu. rock-forming anhydrous mineral form of calcium sulphate.

Etymology
as ANHYDROUS + -ITE(1) 2

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