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coccolite Min.|ˈkɒkəlaɪt|
[f. Gr. κόκκος grain, etc. + -lite.]
A granular variety of pyroxene of green or greenish colour.
1801W. Nicholson Jrnl. Ser. i. V. 195 As to colour, coccolite is mountain, grass, and olive-green. 1879Rutley Study Rocks xiv. 291 The sporadic crystals which occur in altered limestones are varieties of pyroxene, usually coccolite. 1884Dana Min. 215 White coccolite is a granular variety. The original coccolite was green. |