serpentine marblen.
The mineral serpentine in massive form.
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1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxvi. vii. 573 The Serpentine marble called Ophites.
1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials ii, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Fff3* The Ophytical or Serpentine-Marble [L. Ophites seu serpentinum marmor].
1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 278 A Sphinx wrought in Numidian or Serpentine marble extraordinary hard.
1865 W. B. Carpenter in Reader 8 July 45 The Serpentine marble of Canada.
1875 J. W. Dawson Life's Dawn on Earth vi. 147 A beautiful variety of ophicalcite or serpentine-marble.
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