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Webster 1913 Edition


Bildstein


Bild′stein

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Noun.
[G., fr.
bild
image, likeness +
stein
stone.]
Same as
Agalmatolite
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Bildstein

BILD'STEIN

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Noun.
Agalmatolite, or figure-stone. A massive mineral, with sometimes a slaty structure; of a color gray, brown, flesh red, sometimes spotted, or with blue veins. It fuses into a transparent glass. Brongniart calls it steatite pagodite, from its coming from China in grotesque figures.
This mineral resembles steatite in its physical characters,but differs from it essentially in its composition. It is soft, easily cut with a knife, and reducible to a fine unctuous powder.

Definition 2024


Bildstein

Bildstein

English

Noun

Bildstein (uncountable)

  1. agalmatolite