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ber•trand•ite
(bûr′trən dīt′),USA pronunciation n.
- Mineralogya mineral, hydrous beryllium silicate, Be4Si2O7(OH)2, colorless or pale yellow, with a vitreous luster, occurring as tabular or prismatic crystals in pegmatites and hydrothermal veins.
- French, after English. Bertrand, French mineralogist, who first described it; see -ite1
- 1885–90