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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A variety of compact limestone or marble containing fragments of shells, encrinites, and other fossils, which are sometimes iridescent, displaying a variety of brilliant colors. Some of the most beautiful and rarest varieties of antique ornamental marbles belong to the lumachelles. The colors of the limestone base vary greatly in the different varieties. Also called
fire-marble .
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