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Noun: cummingtonite
  1. (mineralogy) a mineral, magnesium-iron silicate hydroxide, in the amphibole group
    "Geologists found deposits of cummingtonite in the metamorphic rock formation"

Derived forms: cummingtonites

Type of: amphibole

Part of: amphibole group

Encyclopedia: Cummingtonite