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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HIDDENITE

Hid "den *ite, n. Etym: [After W. E. Hidden. ] (Min. )

Defn: An emerald-green variety of spodumene found in North Carolina; lithia emerald, -- used as a gem.

New American Oxford Dictionary

hiddenite

hid den ite |ˈhidnˌīt ˈhɪdnaɪt | ▶noun a rare green gem variety of spodumene. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: named after William E. Hidden (1832 –1918 ), US mineralogist.

Oxford Dictionary

hiddenite

hiddenite |ˈhɪd (ə )nʌɪt | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a rare green gem variety of spodumene (an aluminosilicate mineral ). ORIGIN late 19th cent.: named after William E. Hidden (1832 –1918 ), American mineralogist.