parophiten.
/ˈparə(ʊ)fʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈpɛroʊˌfaɪt/ Mineralogy. Now rare.
A variety of pinite resembling serpentine.
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1852 T. S. Hunt in Ann. Rep. Geol. Surv. Canada 95 I shall provisionally adopt the name of parophite, to express its similarity to ophite or serpentine.
1871 T. S. Hunt On Laurentian Limestones of N. Amer. 36 The occurrence of beds of this compound, more or less pure (dyssyntribite and parophite), as a massive or schistose rock.
1993 A. M. Clark Hey's Mineral Index (ed. 3) 529/1 Parophite, a pinite rock... A schistode rock at..St. Nichols and Famine River, Canada.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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