Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A variety of datolite or borosilicate of calcium, occurring in mammillary or botryoidal concretions, in a bed of magnetic iron in gneiss, near Arendal in Norway, and elsewhere.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A variety of datolite, usually having a botryoidal structure.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mineralogy A variety of
datolite , usually having abotryoidal structure.
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek cluster of grapes + -lite.
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