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Keywords: hydrous, cerium, brownish, allied, silicate

A mineral of a brownish of cherry-red color, commonly massive. It is a hydrous silicate of cerium and allied metals.

Keywords: hornlike, gastropod, belonging, shell, family

A gastropod shell belonging to the family Cerithiïdæ; -- so called from its hornlike form.