Cancrinite

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cancrinite \Can"cri*nite\, n. [Named after Count Cancrin, a
     minister of finance in Russia.] (Min.)
     A mineral occurring in hexagonal crystals, also massive,
     generally of a yellow color, containing silica, alumina,
     lime, soda, and carbon dioxide.
     [1913 Webster]