olivine

 

From olive +‎ -in, later remodelled after -ine.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɒl.ɪˌviːn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɑl.əˌvin/

olivine (countable and uncountable, plural olivines)

1. (mineralogy, geology) Any of a group of olive green magnesium-iron silicate minerals that crystallize in the orthorhombic system.
   • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 51:

     The olivine crystals in most basalts are imperfect, lacking clear crystal faces.

• chrysolite
• Hawaiian peridot

• peridot
• ringwoodite

• calcio-olivine
• olivinic (adjective)
• olivinitic

• bluestone
•   olivine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• violine

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olivine f (plural olivines)

1. olivine

• olivinique

• “olivine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

olivine f

1. plural of olivina