olivine
See also: Olivine
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From olive + -in, later remodelled after -ine.
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olivine (countable and uncountable, plural olivines)
- (mineralogy, geology) Any of a group of olive green magnesium-iron silicate minerals that crystallize in the orthorhombic system.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 51:
- The olivine crystals in most basalts are imperfect, lacking clear crystal faces.
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- calcio-olivine
- olivinic (adjective)
- olivinitic
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family of minerals forming orthorhombic crystals
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olivine f (plural olivines)
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- “olivine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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olivine f