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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[Pref.

peri-

+ Gr. [GREEK] to break.]

(Min.)

A grayish or dark green mineral, consisting essentially of magnesia (magnesium oxide), occurring in granular forms or in isometric crystals.

periclasite ‎(usually uncountable, plural periclasites)