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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A variety of amphibole occurring in minute crystals of light yellow color and feeble pieochroism. It is found in cavities of a volcanic rock near Xiphonia, an ancient city of Sicily.
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- n. mineralogy, obsolete A scoriaceous amphibole with yellow crystals.
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- Coined by Dr Gaetano Platania. (Wiktionary)
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