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Vesuvianite

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) A mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals, and also massive, of a brown to green color, rarely sulphur yellow and blue. It is a silicate of alumina and lime with some iron magnesia, and is common at Vesuvius. Also called idocrase.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Vesuvianite'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​v/vesuvianite.html. 1828.