houghiten.
/ˈhʌfʌɪt/ Mineralogy.
A variety of hydrotalcite, derived from an alteration of spinel.
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1851 Amer. Jrnl. Sc. 2nd Ser. 12 210 Some of his specimens are spinel crystals..in one part, and true Houghite in another.
1868 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 5) 179 Houghite..occurs in flattened nodules.
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