dawsonite

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English

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Etymology

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Sir John William Dawson, geologist; Dawson +‎ -ite.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dawsonite (countable and uncountable, plural dawsonites)

  1. (mineralogy) An orthorhombic mineral composed of sodium aluminium carbonate hydroxide.

Further reading

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  • David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Dawsonite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “dawsonite”, in Mindat.org‎[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
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