coccoliten.
/ˈkɒkəlʌɪt/ Mineralogy.
A granular variety of pyroxene of green or greenish colour.
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1801 Jrnl. Nat. Philos. Aug. 195 As to colour, coccolite is mountain, grass, and olive-green.
1879 F. Rutley Study of Rocks xiv. 291 The sporadic crystals which occur in altered limestones are varieties of pyroxene, usually coccolite.
1884 J. D. Dana Min. 215 White coccolite is a granular variety. The original coccolite was green.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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