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Webster 1913 Edition

(kŏl′ō̍-fō̍-nīt or kō̍-lŏf′ō̍-nīt)

Noun.

[Cf. F.

colophonite

. So named from its resemblance to the color of

colophony

(Min.)

A coarsely granular variety of garnet.

Noun.

A variety of garnet, of a reddish yellow or brown color, occurring in small amorphous granular masses.

colophonite ‎(usually uncountable, plural colophonites)