margarite
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.
Obsolete. a pearl.
Origin of margarite
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How to use margarite in a sentence
Johnson, Webster, and Halliwell give margarite as an English word.
When after days it was done, and commandant must be chosen, the Viceroy's choice fell upon Pedro margarite.
1492 | Mary JohnstonFifty-six men he left with margarite, and the rest of us marched home across the Vega and the northern mountains to Isabella.
1492 | Mary JohnstonPedro margarite was placed in command with fifty-six men, and then Columbus started to return to Isabella.
margarite was also told that he must capture, by force or stratagem, the cacique Caonabo and his brothers.
British Dictionary definitions for margarite
/ (ˈmɑːɡəˌraɪt) /
a pink pearly micaceous mineral consisting of hydrated calcium aluminium silicate. Formula: CaAl 4 Si 2 O 10 (OH) 2
an aggregate of minute beadlike masses occurring in some glassy igneous rocks
Origin of margarite
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