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Webster 1913 Edition


Lherzolite

Lher′zo-lite

(lẽr′zō̍-līt)
,
Noun.
[From
Lherz
, a place in the Pyrenees +
-lite
.]
(Min.)
An igneous rock consisting largely of chrysolite, with pyroxene and picotite (a variety of spinel containing chromium).

Webster 1828 Edition


Lherzolite

LHER'ZOLITE

,
Noun.
[from Lherz, in the Pyrenees.]
A mineral, a variety of pyroxene. When crystallized, its crystals are brilliant, translucid, very small, and of an emerald green.