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Webster 1913 Edition

Pargasite

Par′gas-ite

,
Noun.
[So called from
Pargas
, in Finland.]
(Min.)
A dark green aluminous variety of amphibole, or hornblende.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pargasite

P`ARGASITE

,
Noun.
[from the isle Pargas, in Finland.] A mineral of a grayish or bluish green, in rounded grains, with a dull, dun surface, rarely bright; or in crystals in carbonate of lime, in little plates mixed with lamellar mica; a variety of actinolite.

Definition 2024

pargasite

pargasite

English

Noun

pargasite ‎(countable and uncountable, plural pargasites)

  1. (mineralogy) A complex inosilicate mineral of the amphibole group.

Etymology

Pargas +‎ -ite, after its locality in Finland.

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