Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A scaly granular variety of the mineral anhydrite.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A scaly granular variety of anhydrite of a grayish white color, used for ornamental purposes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mineralogy A scaly
granular variety ofanhydrite of a grayish-white colour, used forornamental purposes.
Etymologies
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So called after Vulpino, in Italy.
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A peculiar variety occurring as contorted concretionary masses is known as tripe-stone, and a scaly granular variety, from Vulpino, near Bergamo, in Lombardy, as vulpinite; the latter is cut and polished for ornamental purposes.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various
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