Muscovite Definition
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Noun
Origin of Muscovite
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1535. From Latin Moscovita (“resident of Moscow or Muscovy, Russian"), also Muscovita, Moschovita, from Moscovia or Muscovia (“Muscovy") + -ita.
From Wiktionary
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In 1850 from Muscovy glass +"Ž -ite, from the province Muscovy in Russia. Named by James Dwight Dana.
From Wiktionary
Muscovy glass its former name –ite
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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