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glaucophane(dictionary)
glaucophane schist facies(encyclopedia)

glaucophane (iou)



glaucophane noun. M19.
[German Glaukophan, from Greek glaukos (see GLAUCOUS) + -phanes shining.]
Mineralogy. Any of a group of sodium-containing monoclinic amphiboles occurring esp. in schists and other metamorphic rocks.