Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A serpentinous mineral occurring embedded in serpentine at Baste in the Harz and elsewhere, and probably derived from the alteration of a variety of enstatite (bronzite).
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In colour bastite is brown or green with the same metallic sheen as bronzite.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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Radauthal, Harz, where patches of pale greyish-green bastite are embedded in a darker-coloured serpentine.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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