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embolite

[ em-buh-lahyt ]

noun

  1. a mineral, chloride and bromide of silver, used as a minor source of silver.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of embolite1

1840–50; < Greek emból ( ion ) insertion ( embolus ) + -ite 1
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Example Sentences

The colour varies somewhat with the chemical composition, being grey or colourless in chlorargyrite, greenish-grey in embolite and bromargyrite, and greenish-yellow to orange-yellow in iodembolite.

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