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Webster 1913 Edition

Rhodonite

Rho′don-ite

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Noun.
[Gr.
ῥόδον
the rose. ]
(Min.)
Manganese spar, or silicate of manganese, a mineral occuring crystallised and in rose-red masses. It is often used as an ornamental stone.

Webster 1828 Edition

Rhodonite

RHO'DONITE

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Noun.
A mineral of a red, reddish, or yellowish white color, and splintery fracture, occurring compact or fibrous in the Hartz at Strahlberg, &c.

Definition 2024

Rhodonite

Rhodonite

See also: rhodonite

German

Noun

Rhodonite m

  1. plural of Rhodonit

rhodonite

rhodonite

See also: Rhodonite

English

Rhodonite

Noun

rhodonite ‎(countable and uncountable, plural rhodonites)

  1. (mineralogy)   A manganese inosilicate mineral with some substitution by iron and magnesium, of composition (Mn2+,Fe,Mg,Ca)SiO3.
    • 2012 March 1, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 128:
      Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are […] . (Common gem materials not addressed in this article include amber, amethyst, chalcedony, garnet, lazurite, malachite, opals, peridot, rhodonite, spinel, tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.)

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek ῥόδον ‎(rhódon, “rose”) + -ite.

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