Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of scientific terms with Scottish connections).
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†ABRIACHANITE. Geol. An earthy form of iron-rich glaucophane (1879 Miner. Mag. (1879) III. 61).
[Named by M. F. Heddle from Abriachan near Inverness.]