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Meaning of PYROSMALITE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Py*ros"ma*lite\, n. [Pyro- + Gr. ? odor + -like. ]
(Min.)
A mineral, usually of a pale brown or of a gray or grayish
green color, consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of
iron and manganese; -- so called from the odor given off
before the blowpipe.
 
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