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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Gr.

ῥόδον

the rose. ]

(Min.)

Manganese spar, or silicate of manganese, a mineral occuring crystallised and in rose-red masses. It is often used as an ornamental stone.

Noun.

A mineral of a red, reddish, or yellowish white color, and splintery fracture, occurring compact or fibrous in the Hartz at Strahlberg, &c.