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Webster 1913 Edition

(ä′wē̍-nīt)

Noun.

[From the French mineralogist

Haüy

(Min.)

A blue isometric mineral, characteristic of some volcanic rocks. It is a silicate of alumina, lime, and soda, with sulphate of lime.

See also: haüynite

hauynite ‎(plural hauynites)