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Olivine

Olivine

See also: olivine

German

Noun

Olivine m

plural of Olivin

olivine

olivine

See also: Olivine

English

Olivine

Noun

olivine ‎(plural olivines)

(mineralogy, geology) Any of a group of olive green magnesium-iron silicate minerals that crystallize in the orthorhombic system.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 51:
  The olivine crystals in most basalts are imperfect, lacking clear crystal faces.

Synonyms

chrysolite

Derived terms

olivinic adj
olivinitic

Translations

family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals

Chinese:
Mandarin: 橄欖石 (zh), 橄榄石 (zh) ‎(gǎnlǎnshí)
Esperanto: olivino
Estonian: oliviin
Finnish: oliviini
French: olivine (fr) f
Galician: olivina f
German: Olivin m

Icelandic: ólivín n
Italian: olivina f
Japanese: カンラン石 ‎(かんらんせき, kanranseki), 橄欖石 ‎(かんらんせき, kanranseki)
Korean: 감람석 ‎(gamnamseok)
Navajo: tsé dootłʼizh
Portuguese: olivina f
Russian: оливи́н (ru) m ‎(olivín)
Spanish: olivino (es)
Tagalog: olibino

See also

bluestone
olivine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

violine

French

Noun

olivine f ‎(plural olivines)

olivine

Derived terms

olivinique

Italian

Noun

olivine f

plural of olivina

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