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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Cf. F.

smaragdite

; – so called from its emerald-green color. See

(Min.)

A green foliated kind of amphibole, observed in eclogite and some varietis of gabbro.

Noun.

A mineral; called also green diallage.

smaragdite ‎(countable and uncountable, plural smaragdites)

(mineralogy) A green foliated kind of amphibole, observed in eclogite and some varieties of gabbro.