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margarite

margarite


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Margarite  \Mar"ga*rite\,  n.  [L.  margarita,  Gr  ?  a  pearl;  cf  F. 
  marguerite.] 
  1.  A  pearl.  [Obs.]  --Peacham. 
 
  2.  (Min.)  A  mineral  related  to  the  micas,  but  low  in  silica 
  and  yielding  brittle  folia  with  pearly  luster.