Cronstedtite

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

  cronstedtite \cron"stedt*ite\ (kr[o^]n"st[e^]t*[imac]t), n.
     (Min.)
     A mineral consisting principally of silicate of iron, and
     crystallizing in hexagonal prisms with perfect basal
     cleavage; -- so named from the Swedish mineralogist
     Cronstedt.


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