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Meaning of COLOPHONITE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Col"o*pho*nite\ (k[o^]l"[-o]*f[-o]*n[imac]t or
k[-o]*l[o^]f"[-o]*n[imac]t), n. [Cf. F. colophonite. So named
from its resemblance to the color of colophony.] (Min.)
A coarsely granular variety of garnet.
 

 

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