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Named for type locality Mount Ōmine (in Nara, Japan) + -lite.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: An orthorhombic-dipyramidal blue mineral containing aluminum, boron, iron, magnesium, oxygen, and silicon. Full definition →
Named for type locality Mount Ōmine (in Nara, Japan) + -lite.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.