Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A variety of silicious sinter found incrusting volcanic tufa.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Min.) A variety of opal occuring in the cavities of volcanic tufa, in smooth and shining globular and botryoidal masses, having a pearly luster; -- so called from Fiora, in Ischia.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun mineralogy A variety of opal occurring in the cavities of volcanic tufa, in smooth and shining globular and botryoidal masses.

Etymologies

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Fiora +‎ -ite

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