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Definition: DICHROITE

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. Iolite; -- so called from its presenting two different colors when viewed in two different directions.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Dichroite" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Note: Dichroite \Di"chro*ite\, noun. [See Dichroism.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: DICHROITE

Domain Definition
Mining 1: A bluish or violet, crystalline mineral, a silicate of aluminum, iron and magnesium; cordierite: it is used as a gem. Source: European Union. (references)
  2: A former name for iron-rich cordierite that may have been the navigation stone of the Vikings; reveals maximum light polarization in the southernsky. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Definition: DICHROITE

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. Iolite; -- so called from its presenting two different colors when viewed in two different directions.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "DICHROITE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Note: Dichroite \Di"chro*ite\, noun. [See Dichroism.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: DICHROITE

DomainDefinition
Mining1: A bluish or violet, crystalline mineral, a silicate of aluminum, iron and magnesium; cordierite: it is used as a gem. Source: European Union. (references)
 2: A former name for iron-rich cordierite that may have been the navigation stone of the Vikings; reveals maximum light polarization in the southernsky. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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