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1. adelpholite, n. View full entry 1859
...A mineral containing iron, manganese, niobium, and other elements, subsequently identified with samarskite....
2. alipite, n. View full entry 1853
...An apple-green, earthy mineral of uncertain identity, said to be a hydrated silicate of nickel and magnesium....
3. allomorphite, n. View full entry 1842
...A form of barite that is pseudomorphous after anhydrite....
4. alumian, n. View full entry 1858
...A white mineral originally thought to consist of aluminium sulphate and now identified with natroalunite....
5. cryophyllite, n. View full entry 1866
...A lithium- and iron-containing mica, now regarded as a variety of lepidolite....
6. fieldite, n. View full entry 1856
...A zinc-containing form of tetrahedrite now regarded as having been an impure specimen....
7. quetenite, n. View full entry 1890
...A reddish-brown mineral consisting of hydrated iron and magnesium sulphate (now regarded as identical with botryogen)....
8. rhabarbarin, n. View full entry 1824
...= rhabarbaric acidrhabarbaric...
9. subsexual, adj. View full entry 1862
...Designating or relating to a type of dimorphism in plants which is associated neither with sexual distinction nor with adaptation to promote cross-fertilization. Also: (of a species of plant) showing such dimorphism....
