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Definition of: triphylite
(trif′ə·līt) noun
A greenish–gray, bluish, transparent to translucent phosphate of iron and lithium, crystallizing in the orthorhombic system. Also triph′y·line (-lin, -lēn). [<TRI-+ Gk. phylē a tribe + -ITE1; so called because it contains three bases]
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