D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

cronstedtite

/(krŏn"stĕt*īt)/ · cron·stedt·ite · IPA
01 n. A mineral consisting principally of silicate of iron, and crystallizing in hexagonal prisms with perfect basal cleavage; -- so named from t…
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    A mineral consisting principally of silicate of iron, and crystallizing in hexagonal prisms with perfect basal cleavage; -- so named from the Swedish mineralogist Cronstedt.(Min.)