GAHNITE


Meaning of GAHNITE in English

/gah"nuyt/ , n.

a dark-green to black mineral of the spinel group, zinc aluminate, ZnAl 2 O 4 .

[ 1800-10; named after J. G. Gahn (1745-1818), Swedish chemist; see -ITE 1 ]

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