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aphrite Min.|ˈæfraɪt| [f. Gr. ἀϕρ-ός foam + -ite; = foam-stone.] A variety of carbonate of lime or calcite.
1868Dana Min. 678 Aphrite, in its harder and more sparry variety is a foliated white pearly calcite, near argentine; in its softer kinds it approaches chalk, though lighter, pearly in lustre..and more or less scaly in structure. |