adularescence


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adularescence

[‚aj·ə·lə′res·əns]
(optics)
A certain type of white or bluish light seen in a gemstone (usually adularia) as it is turned.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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