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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A variety of chiastolite or made (andalusite) which is found in the crystalline schists of eastern Finland. It occurs in large nodules that exhibit a Maltese cross of the pure mineral separated by areas of impure material. See cut under chiastolite.

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