hid|den|ite

hid|den|ite
hid|den|ite «HIHD uh nyt», noun.
a transparent, emerald-green variety of spodumene, sometimes used as a gem.
[American English < William E. Hidden, 1832-1918, an American mineralogist, who discovered it + -ite1]

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