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margarite

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margarite [′mär·gə‚rīt]
(geology)
A string of beadlike globulites; commonly found in glassy igneous rocks.
(mineralogy)
CaAl2(Al2Si2)-O10(OH)2A pink, reddish, or yellow, brittle mica mineral.
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In Lodge's strange romance A Margarite of America, it was stated that in the chamber of the queen one could behold "all the chaste ladies of the world, inchased out of silver, looking through fair mirrours of chrysolites, carbuncles, sapphires, and greene emeraults.
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