chamosite

chamosite
/sham"euh zuyt'/, n.
a mineral of the chlorite group, hydrous aluminum silicate of iron, occurring in gray or black crystals in oolitic iron ore.
[1825-35; var. of camoisite, named after Chamoison in the Valais, Switzerland, where found; see -ITE1]

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      mineral of the chlorite group. See chlorite.

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