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fuchsite

[ fyook-sahyt, fook- ]

noun

Mineralogy.
  1. a bright green variety of muscovite having chromium in place of some of the aluminum.
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of fuchsite1

1835–45; < German Fuchsit; named after J. N. von Fuchs, 19th-century German geologist; -ite 1
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Most aventurine is of reddish brown or yellow colour, but a green variety, containing scales of fuchsite or chrome-mica, is also known.

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Fuchsite Gives the chromium reaction with borax and microcosmic salt.

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