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conite Min.|ˈkəʊnaɪt| [? f. Gr. κόνις, κονία dust, ashes + -ite.] A variety of dolomite containing a large proportion of carbonate of magnesia; in colour ash-gray or greenish gray.
1808in T. Allan Names Min. 23. 1818 Blackw. Mag. III. 473 He [Macculloch] has given to it, from its leading character, the name of conite. |