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Webster 1913 Edition


Pycnite

Pyc′nite

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Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] thick.]
(Min.)
A massive subcolumnar variety of topaz.

Webster 1828 Edition


Pycnite

PYC'NITE

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Noun.
[Gr. compact.] A mineral, the shorlite of Kirwan, or shorlous topaz of Jameson. It usually appears in long irregular prisms or cylinders,longitudinally striated, and united in bundles.

Definition 2024


pycnite

pycnite

English

Noun

pycnite (countable and uncountable, plural pycnites)

  1. (mineralogy) A massive subcolumnar variety of topaz.