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3 words match “GAHNITE”

GAHNITE n.
Zinc spinel; automolite.
DYSLUITE n.
A variety of the zinc spinel or gahnite.
ZINC n.
a mineral, related to spinel, consisting essentially of the oxides of zinc and aluminium; gahnite. -- Zinc vitriol (Chem.), zinc sulphate. See White vitriol, under Vitriol. -- Zinc white, a white powder consisting of zinc oxide, used as a pigment.