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rhodochrosite


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rhodochrosite  \Rho`do*chro"site\,  n.  [Gr.  "ro`don  the  rose  +  ??? 
  a  coloring.]  (Min.) 
  Manganese  carbonate,  a  rose-red  mineral  sometimes  occuring 
  crystallized,  but  generally  massive  with  rhombohedral 
  cleavage  like  calcite;  --  called  also  {dialogite}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  rhodochrosite 
  n  :  a  mineral  consisting  of  manganese  carbonate;  a  source  of 
  manganese 




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