Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A mineral occurring on Mt. Vesuvius in pale rose-red, spear-shaped crystals. It is probably a fluosilicate of calcium.
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- noun mineralogy A monoclinic-prismatic
mineral containingcalcium ,fluorine ,hydrogen ,oxygen , andsilicon .
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According to Father DuCreux, the first fort erected by Champlain on the crest of the promontory, _arx aedificata in promontarii cuspidine_, was not placed on the site of Dufferin Terrace, but at the south-east point of the area, which is now occupied by the Grand Battery, north-east of the present Parliament building and looking down on Sault-au-Matelot street.
Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present 1868
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