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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a green or yellow or brown mineral consisting of a hydrated silicate; it occurs as crystals in limestone and is used a gemstone;
[syn: vesuvianite, vesuvian, idocrase]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Vesuvianite \Ve*su"vi*an*ite\, n. (Min.) A mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals, and also massive, of a brown to green color, rarely sulphur yellow and blue. It is a silicate of alumina and lime with some iron magnesia, and is common at Vesuvius. Also called idocrase. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

vesuvianite n 1: a green or yellow or brown mineral consisting of a hydrated silicate; it occurs as crystals in limestone and is used a gemstone [syn: vesuvianite, vesuvian, idocrase]