Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Iolite (which see): so called from its variation in color.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) Iolite; -- so called from its presenting two different colors when viewed in two different directions. See
iolite .
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- noun mineralogy
Iolite .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[dichro(ic) + –ite.]
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See dichroism. So called because it presents two different colours when viewed in two different directions.
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