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arfvedsonite
[ ahr-vid-suh-nahyt ]
noun
, Mineralogy.
- a sodium-rich amphibole, occurring in green to black crystals in alkalic rocks.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of arfvedsonite1
1830–40; named after J. A. Arfvedson (died 1841), Swedish chemist; -ite 1
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Example Sentences
In Greenland there are leucite-tinguaites with much arfvedsonite (hornblende) and eudyalite.
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