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Webster 1913 Edition
Lepidolite
Le-pid′o-lite
(lē̍-pĭd′ō̍-līt; 277)
, Noun.
[Gr.
λεπίσ
-ίδος
, a scale + -lite
: cf. F. lépidolithe
.] (Min.)
A species of mica, of a lilac or rose-violet color, containing lithia. It usually occurs in masses consisting of small scales. See
Mica
. Webster 1828 Edition
Lepidolite
LEP'IDOLITE
,Noun.
Lepidolite is of a peach-blossom red color, sometimes gray; massive and in small concretions. On account of its beautiful color, it has been cut into snuff-boxes. It is sometimes called lilalite.