▪ I. embolite Min.
(ˈɛmbəlaɪt)
[f. Gr. ἐµβόλ-ιον an intermediate + -ite; ‘because between the chlorid and bromid of silver’ (Dana).]
‘A chlorobromide of silver, Ag5Br2Cl3. It is perfectly malleable; has a resinous and somewhat adamantine lustre, and varies in colour from asparagus-green to pistachio, olive, and greyish-green’ (Watts Dict. Chem.). Also attrib.
| 1850 Dana Min. 545 Embolite..crystals are implanted in crystallized calc spar. 1868 Ibid. (1880) 116 Varieties of embolite based on the proportion of bromid to chlorid. |
▪ II. embolite
error for embelif.
| 1560 ed. Chaucer, Astrolabe 251/1. |