liguriten.
/ˈlɪɡjʊərʌɪt/ Mineralogy.
An apple-green variety of titanite.
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1816 W. Phillips Elem. Introd. Mineral. (1823) 207 Ligurite..occurs in a sort of talcose rocks..in the Appennines.
1839 Penny Cycl. XIII. 481/1 Ligurite, this mineral occurs crystallized; the primary form is an oblique rhombic prism.
1865 H. Watts Dict. Chem. III. 695 Ligurite, a mineral having the angles and character of sphene (Dufrenoy) found in a talcose rock in the Appennines.
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