rensselaerite

English

Etymology

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Possibly from Rensselaer + -ite

Noun

rensselaerite (uncountable)

  1. (mineralogy) A soft, compact variety of talc, being an altered pyroxene, sometimes worked in a lathe into inkstands and other articles.
    • To this I may subjoin Rensselaerite, which frequently occurs in thick, heavy beds in connexion with the above. ("Assembly: State of New York, Issue 50", published 1840, digitised 2010).

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for rensselaerite in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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