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PHONOLITE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pho"no*lite\, n. [Phono- + -lite: cf. F. phonolithe.]
(Min.)
A compact, feldspathic, igneous rock containing nephelite,
ha["u]ynite, etc. Thin slabs give a ringing sound when
struck; -- called also {clinkstone}.
 

 

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