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Webster 1913 Edition

Pharmacolite

Phar-mac′o-lite

,
Noun.
[Gr.
φάρμακον
drug, poisonous drug +
-lite
: cf. F.
pharmacolithe
.]
(Min.)
A hydrous arsenate of lime, usually occurring in silky fibers of a white or grayish color.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pharmacolite

PHAR'MACOLITE

,
Noun.
Arseniate of lime, snow white or milk white, inclining to reddish or yellowish white. It occurs in small reniform, botryoidal and globular masses, and has a silky luster.

Definition 2024

pharmacolite

pharmacolite

English

Noun

pharmacolite ‎(usually uncountable, plural pharmacolites)

  1. (mineralogy) A monoclinic-domatic mineral containing arsenic, calcium, hydrogen, and oxygen.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φάρμακον ‎(phármakon, “drug, medicine, poison”) and λίθος ‎(líthos, “stone”), for being an arsenic-bearing mineral.

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