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Webster 1913 Edition

Chondrodite

Chon′dro-dite

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Noun.
[Gr.
χόνδροσ
a grain (of wheat or spelt), cartilage.]
(Min.)
A fluosilicate of magnesia and iron, yellow to red in color, often occurring in granular form in a crystalline limestone.

Webster 1828 Edition

Chondrodite

CHONDRODITE

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Noun.
A mineral, called also Brucite. It occurs in grains or imperfect crystals, or in four-sided prisms with rhombic bases, truncated on the two acute lateral edges. It is translucent; and its color varies from reddish or amber yellow to grayish brown.

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