"benitoite" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: benitoites [plural]
Etymology: San Benito County, California, where it can be found, + -ite. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en||ite}} + -ite Head templates: {{en-noun}} benitoite (plural benitoites)
  1. (mineralogy) A rare hard blue silicate mineral found in hydrothermally altered serpentinite. Wikipedia link: benitoite Categories (topical): Gems, Minerals Translations (mineral): benitoïta [feminine] (Catalan), benitoiitti (Finnish), бенитои́т (benitoít) [masculine] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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