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Pagodite
(gcide) | Pagodite \Pa*go"dite\, n. (Min.)
Agalmatolite; -- so called because sometimes carved by the
Chinese into the form of pagodas. See Agalmatolite.
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pagodite
(gcide) | Agalmatolite \Ag`al*mat"o*lite\
([a^]g`[a^]l*m[a^]t"[-o]*l[imac]t), n. [Gr. 'a`galma,
'a`galmatos, 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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pagodite
(gcide) | Pagodite \Pa*go"dite\, n. (Min.)
Agalmatolite; -- so called because sometimes carved by the
Chinese into the form of pagodas. See Agalmatolite.
[1913 Webster]Agalmatolite \Ag`al*mat"o*lite\
([a^]g`[a^]l*m[a^]t"[-o]*l[imac]t), n. [Gr. 'a`galma,
'a`galmatos, 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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