
Meaning of AGALMATOLITE
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ag`al*mat"o*lite\, n. [Gr. ?, ?, image, statue +
-lite: cf. F. agalmatolithe.] (Min.)
A soft, compact stone, of a grayish, greenish, or yellowish
color, carved into images by the Chinese, and hence called
{figure stone}, and {pagodite}. It is probably a variety of
pinite.
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