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rhodochrosite

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Noun
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rho=do=chro=site

CIDE DICTIONARY

rhodochrositen. [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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