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Webster 1913 Edition


Rhodochrosite

Rhoˊdo-chro′site

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Noun.
[Gr.
ῥόδον
the rose + [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] a coloring.]
(Min.)
Manganese carbonate, a rose-red mineral sometimes occuring crystallized, but generally massive with rhombohedral cleavage like calcite; – called also
dialogite
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