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Definition of: glauconite
(glô′kə·nīt) noun
An amorphous, olive–green, loosely granular, massive hydrous silicate, chiefly of iron and potassium, found in greensand. [<Gk. glaukon, neut. of glaukos bluish–gray + -ITE1]
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