virginite

English

Noun

virginite (uncountable)

  1. (Newfoundland, mineralogy) The mottled green rock and mineral mariposite.
    • 1986 December, “Polydymite and chrome-rich fuchsite in virginite from Baie Verte, Newfoundland”, in Mineralogical Magazine, volume 50, number 358, →DOI, pages 723–724:
      A number of the smaller of these lenses occur as an attractive mottled green rock, known as virginite, which is widely used for ornamental display.

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