labradorite
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prettygoodwordlabradorite (LAB-ruh-daw-rait, lab-ruh-DAWR-ait) - n., usually brilliant blue or green variety of iridescent plagioclase feldspar.
"Brilliant" and "iridescent" being the operative parts of that definition:
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Named after the Canadian region (not a province of its own, which always trips me up) where it was found -- specifically, a small island off the coast of the town of Nain.
---L.
"Brilliant" and "iridescent" being the operative parts of that definition:
Thanks, WikiMedia!
Named after the Canadian region (not a province of its own, which always trips me up) where it was found -- specifically, a small island off the coast of the town of Nain.
---L.
