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From orange + -ite, named after Orange Free State.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
orangeite
Today it means: A kind of kimberlite with phlogopite macrocrysts and microphenocrysts. Full definition →
Today it means: A kind of kimberlite with phlogopite macrocrysts and microphenocrysts. Full definition →
From orange + -ite, named after Orange Free State.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.