binghamite

Meanings

nounbinghamite (uncountable)

uncountableA type of agate stone found in Minnesota.
Synonyms: cuyunite, silkstone

nounA type of agate stone found in Minnesota.

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From Bingham + -ite, after William Bingham, a lapidary, who discovered it in 1936.

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