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pearlstone

pearlstone


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pearlite  \Pearl"ite\,  Pearlstone  \Pearl"stone`\,  n.  (Min.) 
  A  glassy  volcanic  rock  of  a  grayish  color  and  pearly  luster, 
  often  having  a  spherulitic  concretionary  structure  due  to  the 
  curved  cracks  produced  by  contraction  in  cooling.  See  Illust. 
  under  {Perlitic}.