| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. A soft, compact stone, of a grayish, greenish, or yellowish color, carved into images by the Chinese, and hence called figure stone, and pagodite. It is probably a variety of pinite.[Websters]. | |
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Date "AGALMATOLITE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
| Etymology:Agalmatolite \Ag`al*mat"o*lite\, noun. [from Greek expression image, statue -lite: compare to the French expression agalmatolithe.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: AGALMATOLITE
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| Mining | A soft, waxy stone--such as pinite, pyrophyllite, or steatite--of a gray, green, yellow, or brown shade; used by the Chinese to simulate jade for carving small images, miniature pagodas, and similar objects. Syn: figure stone; pagodite; lardite; lard stone. (references) | ||
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