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Definition of Dumortierite
1. Noun. (minerology) A fibrous aluminium boro-silicate mineral that occurs in various colours. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dumortierite
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Dumortierite
Literary usage of Dumortierite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Geology by University of Chicago Department of Geology and Paleontology (1907)
"The purpose of the writer in the present paper is to record the occurrence of
corundum in association with dumortierite and sillimanite in the ..."
2. Rock Minerals, Their Chemical and Physical Characters and Their by Joseph Paxson Iddings (1906)
"B2O3 reaches 6.14 per cent, in dumortierite from Harlem, NY Not attacked by acids,
not even hydrofluoric acid. Orthorhombic ; a:b: =0.5317:1. ..."
3. Microscopical Physiography of the Rock-making Minerals: An Aid to the by Harry Rosenbusch (1889)
"dumortierite. The translator is indebted to Mr. JS Diller for the following notes
on the occurrence of dumortierite in the United States. ..."
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