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A colorless or pale brown mica with sodium
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paragonite
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n. a colorless or pale brown mica with sodium
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Paragonite \Pa*rag"o*nite\, n. [From Gr. ?, p. pr. of ? to mislead.] (Min.) A kind of mica related to muscovite, but containing soda instead of potash. It is characteristic of the paragonite schist of the Alps.
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n. (context mineralogy English) A mineral related to muscovite.
Wikipedia
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Paragonite , also known as Natron-Glimmer , is a mineral , related to muscovite . Its empirical formula is Na Al [(O H )|Al Si O ]. A wide solvus separates muscovite from paragonite, such that there is little solid solution along the vector Na K and apparent ...