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Definition of Jeffersonite

Jeffersonite
Jeffersonite Jef"fer*son*ite, n. [Named after Thomas Jefferson.] (Min.) A variety of pyroxene of olive-green color passing into brown. It contains zinc.

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- Jeffersonite is a dark green pyroxene mineral, a manganese zinc enriched variety of augite, chemical formula Ca(Mn,Zn,Fe)Si2O6, sometimes compared to aegirine...
- mineral either jadeite or nephrite amphibole) Jasper (variety of quartz) Jeffersonite (variety of augite) Kaatialaite Kadyrelite Kaersutite Kainite Kainosite-(Y)...
- Natural Philosophy, and Physiology (Philadelphia, 1827) Account of the jeffersonite, a new mineral discovered at the Franklin Iron Works, near Sparta, in...