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peristerite
"A sodic plagioclase in the albite–oligoclase range of composition with a blue or bluish-white opalescence", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in Thomas Thomson. From ancient Greek
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pigeon, in allusion to its colour +
-ite
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