Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A variety of albite, exhibiting when properly cut a bluish opalescence like the changing hues on a pigeon's neck.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A variety of albite, whitish and slightly iridescent like a pigeon's neck.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mineralogy A variety of
albite ,whitish and slightlyiridescent .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek a pigeon, referring to the iridescence of a pigeon's neck.
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