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PARAGONITE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A colorless or pale brown mica with sodium
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("paragonite" is a kind of...):
isinglass; mica (any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves; used as dielectrics because of their resistance to electricity)