= ophite, n.1

A rock or mineral, consisting mainly of hydrous magnesium silicate, of a dull green colour with markings resembling those of a serpent's skin…

Any of various eruptive or metamorphic rocks which have spots or markings like a snake and are usually green; serpentine.

The mineral serpentine in massive form.

= serpentine, n. 3.

= serpentine, n. 3.

An ornamental variety of marble, consisting chiefly of serpentine mixed with calcite and dolomite.

= verd-antique, n. 1.

? = serpentine stone, n.

Mineralogy. Serpentine; an ornamental marble containing this; verd-antique. Obsolete.

A form of marble consisting of a mixture of serpentine and calcite; a particular variety of this.