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diaspore |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Diaspore \Di"a*spore\, n. [From Gr ? a scattering; dia` through asunder + ? to sow, scatter like seed: cf F. diaspore.] (Min.) A hydrate of alumina, often occurring in white lamellar masses with brilliant pearly luster; -- so named on account of its decrepitating when heated before the blowpipe.
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