Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A clear colorless opal.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A pellucid variety of opal, resembling colorless gum or resin.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A pellucid variety of opal in globules looking like colorless gum or resin; -- called also
Müller's glass .
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- noun mineralogy A form of
opal
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The sixth is the "hyalite," which has but a glassy or vitreous lustre, and is found almost exclusively in the form of globules, or clusters of globules, somewhat after the form and size of bunches of grapes; hence the name "botryoidal" is often applied to this variety.
The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones John Mastin
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Os was already far behind us, and would have been out of sight had not the atmosphere been as clear as hyalite.
The Urth of the New Sun Wolfe, Gene 1987
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These basalts were covered with a mammiform substance, which I vainly sought on the Peak of Teneriffe, and which is known by the names of volcanic glass, glass of Muller, or hyalite: it is the transition from the opal to the chalcedony.
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These basalts were covered with a mammiform substance, which I vainly sought on the Peak of Teneriffe, and which is known by the names of volcanic glass, glass of Muller, or hyalite: it is the transition from the opal to the chalcedony.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
Telofy commented on the word hyalite
"Os was already far behind us, and would have been out of sight had not the atmosphere been as clear as hyalite." -- Gene Wolfe, The Urth of the New Sun
October 1, 2008
yarb commented on the word hyalite
Presumably same as noun hyaline.
October 1, 2008