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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

for•ster•ite n. [Mineral.]

Mineralogythe magnesium end member, Mg₂SiO₄, of the olivine group.

1815–25; named after J. R. Forster (1729–98), German naturalist; see -ite¹

'forsterite' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

dedolomitization

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