Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A rare, light to dark or bluish green, translucent mineral, Al(PO4)·2H2O, found in aluminum-rich rocks and sometimes used as a semiprecious stone.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A hydrous phosphate of aluminium, occurring in crystalline or reniform crusts of a bright-green color.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) An apple-green mineral occurring in reniform masses. It is a hydrous phosphate of alumina.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A relatively rare hydrated
aluminum phosphate mineral (AlPO4·2H2O), sometimes confused withturquoise .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[German Variscit, from Medieval Latin Variscia, ancient name for Vogtland, region of Germany where the mineral was discovered.]
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Named after the locality of Variscia, the dated name of Vogtland, Germany.
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Examples
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This precious commodity they traded among their neighbors for some of the finest ornaments of the age: bracelets of shimmering sea shells and beads of a beautiful turquoiselike stone known as variscite.
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And Mr. Brul was here this morning to tell you that the variscite helped him recall a past life.
Unfinished Symphony V.C. Andrews® 1997
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And Mr. Brul was here this morning to tell you that the variscite helped him recall a past life.
Unfinished Symphony V.C. Andrews® 1997
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They served for the exploitation of variscite, a green mineral, which was used for the production of jewelry (beads for necklaces, etc.
We Blog A Lot 2008
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