| 单词 | fire marble |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfire marble fire marble n. a variety of marble containing fossilized shell fragments showing coloured reflections; = lumachella n. [Compare German Feuermarmor (1744 or earlier).] ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [noun] > limestone > lumachella lumachella1784 fire marble1786 1786 Catal. Portland Mus. (Skinner & Co.) 184 A snuffbox, formed of beautiful specimens of the Fire Marble. 1850 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 3) 208 Fire marble or lumachelle is a dark brown shell marble. 1966 R. Webster Pract. Gemmol. (ed. 4) xxi. 197 Lumachella (Fire Marble) is a shell-marble, from which a fire-like chatoyancy is emitted when the polished plate is turned in different directions. 2009 M. Drabble Pattern in Carpet 307 The museum also houses..precious and semi-precious stones used by the workshop's craftsmen: jaspers, chalcedony, fire-marble with fossil shells, [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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