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English
Etymology
Named in 1893 by either Dr Gaetano Platania or Giovanni Platania after Xiphonia, Italy, a town near the type locality.
Noun
xiphonite (uncountable)
- (mineralogy, obsolete) A scoriaceous amphibole with yellow crystals.
French
Noun
xiphonite f (uncountable)
- xiphonite
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