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Webster 1913 Edition
Botryolite
Bot′ry-o-lite
,Noun.
[Gr.
[GREEK]
cluster of grapes + -lite
.] (Min.)
A variety of datolite, usually having a botryoidal structure.
Webster 1828 Edition
Botryolite
BO'TRYOLITE
,Noun.
Literally, grape-stone. This mineral occurs in mammilliary or botryoidal concretions, in a bed of magnetic iron in gneiss, near Arendal in Norway. Its colors are pearl-gray, grayish or reddish white, and pale rose-red, and form concentric stripes.
Botryolite is a variety of siliceous borate of lime. It is found near the Passaic falls in New Jersey.
Definition 2024
botryolite
botryolite
English
Noun
botryolite (uncountable)
- (mineralogy) A variety of datolite, usually having a botryoidal structure.