Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A mineral occurring in square prisms, either single or adbering to one another in fascicular groups.

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

  • noun (Min.) A mineral of the scapolite group; -- so called from the double effect of fire upon it, in fusing it, and rendering it phosphorescent.

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

  • noun mineralogy A scapolite mineral.

Etymologies

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Ancient Greek twice fire; so called from the double effect of fire upon it, in fusing it and rendering it phosphorescent.

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