MARGARITE


Meaning of MARGARITE in English

/mahr"geuh ruyt'/ , n.

1. Mineral.

a. a gray, pink, or yellow mica, occurring in brittle monoclinic crystals.

b. an aggregate of small, rudimentary crystals resembling minute globules in a row: found in glassy volcanic rocks.

2. Obs. a pearl.

[ bef. 1000; ME, OE: pearl margarita margarítes, perh. marvarit pearl), with final element conformed to Gk -ites -ITE 1 ]

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