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Webster 1913 Edition


Pollucite

Pol′lu-cite

,
Noun.
[See
Pollux
, and 4th
Castor
.]
(Min.)
A colorless transparent mineral, resembling quartz, occurring with castor or castorite on the island of Elba. It is a silicate of alumina and cæsia. Called also
pollux
.