HIDDENITE


Meaning of HIDDENITE in English

/hid"n uyt'/ , n. Mineral.

a rare, transparent variety of spodumene, colored yellow-green to emerald-green by chromium: used as a gem.

[ after William E. Hidden (1853-1918), U.S. mineralogist, who discovered it in 1879; see -ITE 1 ]

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