Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A grass-green cleavable calcite from India which derives its color from inclosed glauconite.
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- noun mineralogy A bright green variety of
calcite .
Etymologies
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Hislop + -ite after Stephen Hislop (1816-1873), a Scottish missionary in India.
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An opaque calcite of a grass-green colour, occurring as large cleavage masses in central India and known as hislopite, owes its colour to enclosed "green-earth" (glauconite and celadonite).
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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The case of hislopite, which encloses up to 20\% of "green earth," has been noted above.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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