Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A variety of albite, exhibiting when properly cut a bluish opalescence like the changing hues on a pigeon's neck.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Min.) A variety of albite, whitish and slightly iridescent like a pigeon's neck.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun mineralogy A variety of albite, whitish and slightly iridescent.

Etymologies

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Ancient Greek a pigeon, referring to the iridescence of a pigeon's neck.

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