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Definition: ELAOLITE

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. An alternative spelling for "Elaeolite": A variety of hephelite, usually massive, of greasy luster, and gray to reddish color.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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

Specialty Definition: ELAOLITE

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Noun] A mineral, called also fettstein [fat-stone.] from its greasy appearance. It has a crystalline structure, more or less distinctly foliated in directions parallel to the sides of a rhombic prism, and also in the direction of the shorter diagonals of the bases. Its fracture is uneven, and sometimes imperfectly conchoidal. Some varieties are slightly chatoyant. It is fusible by the blow-pipe into a white enamel. Its colors are greenish or bluish gray, greenish blue and flesh red, and it is more or less translucent. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.

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

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Definition: ELAOLITE

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. An alternative spelling for "Elaeolite": A variety of hephelite, usually massive, of greasy luster, and gray to reddish color.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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

Specialty Definition: ELAOLITE

DomainDefinition
Noah Webster [Noun] A mineral, called also fettstein [fat-stone.] from its greasy appearance. It has a crystalline structure, more or less distinctly foliated in directions parallel to the sides of a rhombic prism, and also in the direction of the shorter diagonals of the bases. Its fracture is uneven, and sometimes imperfectly conchoidal. Some varieties are slightly chatoyant. It is fusible by the blow-pipe into a white enamel. Its colors are greenish or bluish gray, greenish blue and flesh red, and it is more or less translucent. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.

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

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