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Webster 1828 Edition

Iolite

I'OLITE

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Noun.
[Gr. a violet, and stone.] A mineral of a violet blue color, with a shade of purple or black, called also dichroit and cordierite. It occurs in regular six-sided prisms. Its varieties are peliom and steinheilite.
[Note. By the regular principles of pronouncing the Greek iota and the Shemitic jod, this word ought to be pronounced yolite.]

Definition 2024

iolite

iolite

English

Noun

iolite ‎(countable and uncountable, plural iolites)

  1. (gemology) The clear variety of cordierite.

Synonyms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἴον ‎(íon, “violet”) +‎ -lite.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaɪəˌlaɪt/

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