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hed•en•berg•ite
(hed′n bər gīt′),USA pronunciation n.
- Mineralogya contact metamorphic mineral of the pyroxene family, calcium ferrous silicate, CaFe(SiO3)2, that forms black prismatic crystals in crystalline limestone.
- 1815–25; named after Latin. Hedenberg, early 19th-century Swedish chemist; see -ite1