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noun
A type of stone, a mixture of quartz and opal deposited by a geyser as it precipitates out of the boiling water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, geography, geology, mineralogy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵhew-der.? Proto-Germanic *geusaną Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *gausijaną Old Norse geysa Icelandic geysa Icelandic Geysirbor. English geyser Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English geyserite From geyser + -ite.
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