A mineral or mineral variety, specifically used in geological classifications, though the term is now rarely used.
Origin uncertain, possibly from Greek or Latin mineral nomenclature. This is an archaic or obsolete geological term that has largely fallen out of scientific use.
This is one of those super-obscure scientific words that hardly anyone uses anymore—even geologists would have to look it up in an old dictionary!
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