Etymology

saussurite

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Today it means: A tough, compact mineral aggregate, of a white, greenish, or greyish colour. It is an aggregate of albite, zoisite, prehnite and other aluminium silicates, and is produced by the alteration of feldspar. Full definition →

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Named after Swiss explorer Horace Bénédict de Saussure,. See Saussure.

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