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smaragdite Min.|sməˈrægdaɪt|
[a. F. smaragdite (Saussure, 1796), f. Gr. σµάραγδ-ος smaragd + -ite1 2 b. Cf. Gr. σµαραγδίτης (λίθος).]
A brilliant grass-green or emerald-green variety of amphibole or hornblende.
In early use occasionally identified with diallage, to which it bears some resemblance.
1804Edin. Rev. III. 306 The triple identity of the smaragdite, or diallage, the schiller spath, and the labrador horn⁓blende. 1823W. Phillips Min. (ed. 3) 71 Smaragdite is of a brilliant or emerald green colour, and of a silky or pearly lustre. 1873Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. XIII. 373 The grains of smaragdite are very indistinct in form. |