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rhodochrosite
CIDE DICTIONARY
rhodochrosite, n. [Gr. "ro`don the rose + a coloring.].
Manganese carbonate, a rose-red mineral sometimes occuring crystallized, but generally massive with rhombohedral cleavage like calcite; -- called also dialogite . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
rhodochrosite, n. a mineral form of manganese carbonate occurring in rose-red crystals.
Etymology
Gk rhodokhrous rose-coloured
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