† asteriten.
Obsolete.
A gem known to the ancients; cf. astrion n., asteria n.
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a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvi. xvii. 836 Asterites is a precious stoon..Þherinne is yclosed as it were a sterre.
1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi vi. 294 The Astarite is a cleare shining Crystalline stone, having in the midst the image of a full moon.
a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) 328 The Configurations of Asterites, of Crystals, of Salts.
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