PERISTERITE

Meaning of PERISTERITE in English

pəˈristəˌrīt noun

( -s )

Etymology: Greek peristera dove, pigeon + English -ite

: a gem variety of albite resembling moonstone and showing internal reflections of blue, green, and yellow

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

PERISTERITE — (n.) A variety of albite, whitish and slightly iridescent like a pigeon's neck.
Английский словарь Webster
PERISTERITE — ( n. ) A variety of albite, whitish and slightly iridescent like a pigeon's neck.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PERISTERITE — /peuh ris"teuh ruyt'/ , n. a whitish, iridescent variety of albite, used as a gem. [ 1835-45; perister ( á …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PERISTERITE — noun a variety of albite, whitish and slightly iridescent like a pigeon's neck.
Webster English vocab
PERISTERITE — iridescent gemstone in the plagioclase (q.v.) series of feldspar minerals. The name (from Greek peristera, "pigeon") refers to the resemblance …
Britannica English vocabulary
PLAGIOCLASE — any member of the series of abundant feldspar minerals usually occurring as light-coloured, glassy, transparent to translucent, brittle crystals. Plagioclase …
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MOONSTONE — gem-quality feldspar mineral, a mixed sodium and potassium aluminosilicate, (K,Na)AlSi3O8, that shows a silvery or bluish iridescence. Nearly all commercial …
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IRIDESCENCE — interference of light either at the surface or in the interior of a material that produces a series of colours …
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