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serpentine marble [= med.L. marmor serpentīnum; cf. F. marbre serpentin.] The mineral serpentine in massive form.
1601Holland Pliny xxxvi. vii. II. 573 The Serpentine marble called Ophites. 1657[see ophitical]. 1660F. Brooke tr. Le Blanc's Trav. 278 A Sphinx wrought in Numidian or Serpentine marble extraordinary hard. 1865W. B. Carpenter in Reader 8 July 45 The Serpentine marble of Canada. 1875J. W. Dawson Dawn of Life vi. 147 A beautiful variety of ophicalcite or serpentine-marble. |