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diabantite Min.|daɪəˈbæntaɪt|
[irregularly f. diabase (as if the latter represented Gr. διάβας, διαβαντ- having crossed over) + -ite. Substituted by Hawes 1875 for the Ger. name diabantachromyn.]
A chlorite-like mineral occurring in diabase and giving to this rock its green colour.
1875Amer. Jrnl. Sc. Ser. iii. IX. 454 On Diabantite. |