Fowlerite


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Fow´ler`ite


n.1.(Min.) A variety of rhodonite, from Franklin Furnace, New Jersey, containing some zinc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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(2005) Crystal chemistry of Zn-rich rhodonite ("fowlerite").
Ca-Mg-Fe-rich rhodonite from the Morro da Mina mine, Conselheiro Lafaiete, Minas Gerais, Brazil
The "unprecedented" and "full disclosure" here are actually good-natured digs at Garner's Fowlerite predecessors, and a subtle nod to one camp in the wars that have raged in both lexicography and education ever since the notoriously liberal Webster's Third New International Dictionary came out in 1961 and included such terms as heighth and irregardless without any monitory labels on them.
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