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clinohumite

noun
cli·no·humite | \ ¦klīnō+ \

Definition of clinohumite 

: a mineral Mg9Si4O16(F,OH)2 of the humite group crystallizing in the monoclinic system

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History and Etymology for clinohumite

International Scientific Vocabulary clin- + humite

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