Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A massive dolomite, in color ash-gray or yellowish- or greenish-gray, and impure from the presence of silica.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A magnesian variety of dolomite.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mineralogy A
magnesian variety ofdolomite .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek κόνις (konis, "dust"), from its grey colour, + -ite.
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