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Pollux
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A bright star in the constellation Gemini.
"Pollux and its neighboring star Castor mark the "twin" heads of Gemini."
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A rare mineral, a variety of petalite, always found alongside another mineral called castor.
"Collectors prize pollux for how rarely it is found in mineral form."
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Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishBest known as one of the two bright stars that make up the constellation Gemini.
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_____ and its neighboring star Castor mark the "twin" heads of Gemini.
Etymology
From Latin Pollux, itself from the Ancient Greek Polydeukes, one of the mythological twin brothers known as the Dioscuri.