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Definition: FENGITE

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A kind of marble or alabaster, sometimes used for windows on account of its transparency.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Fengite" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)


Extended Definition: FENGITE

Fengite

Fengite is a transparent form of marble or alabaster. In former times it was sometimes used for windows instead of glass.

Fengite is also a variant spelling of phengite, the high silica muscovite variety.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Fengite". Image Credit.
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