aphrite Min.
(ˈæfraɪt)
[f. Gr. ἀϕρ-ός foam + -ite; = foam-stone.]
A variety of carbonate of lime or calcite.
| 1868 Dana Min. 678 Aphrite, in its harder and more sparry variety is a foliated white pearly calcite, near argentine; in its softer kinds it approaches chalk, though lighter, pearly in lustre..and more or less scaly in structure. |