margarite

[ mahr-guh-rahyt ]
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noun
  1. Mineralogy.

    • a gray, pink, or yellow mica, occurring in brittle monoclinic crystals.

    • an aggregate of small, rudimentary crystals resembling minute globules in a row: found in glassy volcanic rocks.

  2. Obsolete. a pearl.

Origin of margarite

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before 1000; Middle English, Old English: pearl <Latin margarīta<Greek margarī́tēs, perhaps <Iranian (compare Pahlavi marvārīt pearl), with final element conformed to Greek -ītēs-ite1

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margarite

/ (ˈmɑːɡəˌraɪt) /


noun
  1. a pink pearly micaceous mineral consisting of hydrated calcium aluminium silicate. Formula: CaAl 4 Si 2 O 10 (OH) 2

  2. an aggregate of minute beadlike masses occurring in some glassy igneous rocks

Origin of margarite

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C19: via German from Greek margaron pearl

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