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pycnite
pycnite Min. (ˈpɪknaɪt) [mod. (Haüy 1801) f. Gr. πυκν-ός thick, dense + -ite1.] A variety of topaz occurring in columnar aggregations.1802 Bournon in Phil. Trans. XCII. 321 The stone called schorlartiger beryl by Werner (the pycnite of the Abbé Hauy). 1866 Lawrence tr. Cotta's Rocks Class. (1878) 31...
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schorlite
† ˈschorlite Min. Obs. Also 8 shorlite. [ad. G. schorlit Klaproth 1788): see schorl and -ite1 2 b.] = pycnite.1794 Kirwan Elem. Min. (ed. 2) I. 286 Siliceous genus..Shorlite... Infusible at 168°, and no way altered by heat. 1821 Jameson Man. Min. 189 Schorlite, or Schorlous Topaz. 1836 T. Thomson Mi...
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topaz
topaz (ˈtəʊpæz) Forms: 3 tupace, 3–7 topace, 4–6 topias, 5 thopas, topeus, tapace, (topyes), 5–7 topas, topaze, topase, 6– topaz. β. 4 topasie; (topazius), 7 topasius. [ME. a. OF. topaze, topace, -ase (Roland, 11th c.), mod.F. topaze = Prov. topazi, Sp. topacio, Pg. topazio, It. topazio, ad. L. topa...
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