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† ˈasterite Obs.
[ad. L. asterītes, a. Gr. ἀστερίτης. The L. form is more usual.]
A gem known to the ancients; cf. astrion, asteria.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvi. xvii. (1495) 559. Asterites is a precyous stone..Therin is closyd as it were a sterre. 1635Swan Spec. Mund. (1670) 258 The Astarite is a clear shining chrystalline stone, having in the midst the image of a full moon. 1677Hale Prim. Orig. Man. 328 The Configurations of Asterites, of Crystals, of Salts. |