hiddenite

English

Etymology

Hidden +‎ -ite, named after W. E. Hidden.

Noun

hiddenite (countable and uncountable, plural hiddenites)

  1. (mineralogy) A pale green form of spodumene that is sometimes used as a gemstone.

Further reading

  • “Hiddenite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • hiddenite mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016
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