pennine

Definitions


[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- The mineral penninite.


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Origin:
mid 19th century; earliest use found in James Dana (1813–1895), geologist, zoologist, and teacher. From German Pennin from the name of the Pennine Alps, German Penninische Alpen, an area of the Swiss Alps (now called the Walliser Alpen), where it was found




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