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Noun: dumortierite
  1. (mineralogy) a fibrous aluminium boro-silicate mineral which form fibrous aggregates of slender prismatic crystals
    "Dumortierite is sometimes used as a gemstone due to its deep blue colour"

Derived forms: dumortierites

Type of: mineral

Encyclopedia: Dumortierite