Olivine - What does it mean?
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(mineralogy, geology) Any of a group of olive green magnesium-iron silicate minerals that crystallize in the orthorhombic system.
* 2004 , (Richard Fortey), The Earth , Folio Society 2011, p. 51:
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English
Noun
(en noun)- The olivine crystals in most basalts are imperfect, lacking clear crystal faces.