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Webster 1913 Edition


Chondrodite

Chon′dro-dite

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Noun.
[Gr.
χόνδροσ
a grain (of wheat or spelt), cartilage.]
(Min.)
A fluosilicate of magnesia and iron, yellow to red in color, often occurring in granular form in a crystalline limestone.

Webster 1828 Edition


Chondrodite

CHONDRODITE

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Noun.
A mineral, called also Brucite. It occurs in grains or imperfect crystals, or in four-sided prisms with rhombic bases, truncated on the two acute lateral edges. It is translucent; and its color varies from reddish or amber yellow to grayish brown.

Definition 2024


chondrodite

chondrodite

English

Noun

chondrodite (uncountable)

  1. (mineralogy) A nesosilicate mineral with chemical formula (Mg,Fe)5(F,OH)2(SiO4)2, the most frequently encountered member of the humite group.

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