"omphacite" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɒmfəsaɪt/ Forms: omphacites [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὄμφαξ (ómphax, “unripe fruit, especially grapes”) + -ite. Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|ὄμφαξ||unripe fruit, especially grapes}} Ancient Greek ὄμφαξ (ómphax, “unripe fruit, especially grapes”), {{suffix|en||ite}} + -ite Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} omphacite (usually uncountable, plural omphacites)
  1. (mineralogy) Any of a range of green, monoclinic pyroxene minerals found in eclogites and similar rocks; they are solid solutions of jadeite and diopside. Tags: uncountable, usually Derived forms: omphacitic Translations (mineral): omfacita [feminine] (Catalan), omfasiitti (Finnish)

Inflected forms

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