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moldavite

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moldavite [mōl′dä‚vīt]
(geology)
A translucent, olive-to brownish-green or pale-green tektite from western Czechoslovakia, characterized by surface sculpturing due to solution etching. Also known as moldauite; pseudochrysolite; vitavite.
(mineralogy)
A variety of ozocerite from Moldavia.


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