Smaragdite

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

  Smaragdite \Sma*rag"dite\, n. [Cf. F. smaragdite; -- so called
     from its emerald-green color. See {Smaragd}.] (Min.)
     A green foliated kind of amphibole, observed in eclogite and
     some varietis of gabbro.
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