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margarodite

margarodite noun: a hydrous potash mica related to muscovite.

Noun

margarodite (countable and uncountable, plural margarodites)

  1. (obsolete) A hydrous potash mica related to muscovite.
    • This optical peculiarity of the Breezy margarodite distinguishes it from the margarodite of the Leinster granite, in which the plane of the optical axes coincides with the long diagonal of the primary rhomb, joining its acute angles.1862, The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, page 415
    • Margarodite, as named by Schafhäutl, was the talc-like mica of Mt. Greiner in the Zillerthal (anal. 36); granular to scaly in structure, luster pearly, color grayish white.1904, James Dwight Dana, The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana, 1837-1868

Forms of margarodite

pluralmargarodites

Origin of margarodite

Borrowed from German Margarodit (coined in 1843 by Dr. Carl Schaffhäutl), from Byzantine Greek μαργαρώδης (margarṓdēs, “pearl-like”), from Ancient Greek μάργαρον (márgaron, “pearl”); see μαργαρίτης (margarítēs).

Questions about margarodite

What does margarodite mean?
Margarodite means a hydrous potash mica related to muscovite.
What part of speech is margarodite?
Margarodite is a noun.
What is the plural of margarodite?
The plural of margarodite is margarodites.

Words near margarodite in the dictionary

  1. Margarito
  2. margaritomancy
  3. Margaritos
  4. margarodid
  5. margarodids
  6. margarodite
  7. margarodites
  8. margarone
  9. margarones
  10. margarosanite
  11. margarous

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