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Webster 1913 Edition


Jeffersonite

Jef′fer-son-ite

,
Noun.
[Named after Thomas
Jefferson
.]
(Min.)
A variety of pyroxene of olive-green color passing into brown. It contains zinc.

Webster 1828 Edition


Jeffersonite

JEF'FERSONITE

,
Noun.
A mineral occurring in crystalline masses, of a dark olive green color passing into brown, found imbedded in Franklinite and garnet, in New Jersey.

Definition 2024


jeffersonite

jeffersonite

English

Noun

jeffersonite (uncountable)

  1. (mineralogy) A variety of pyroxene of olive-green color passing into brown. It contains zinc.