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u·va·rov·ite

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NOUN:

An emerald-green variety of garnet, Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃, found in chromium deposits.

ETYMOLOGY:
After Count Sergei Semenovitch Uvarov (1785-1855), president of the St. Petersburg Academy

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