单词 | liver opal |
释义 | > as lemmasliver opal liver opal n. [after German Leber-opal (1808 or earlier)] Mineralogy = menilite n. ΚΠ 1814 Synopsis Contents Brit. Mus. (ed. 7) 20 The menilite, called also liver-opal, found at Menil-Montant, near Paris, in a bed of adhesive slate, a specimen of which is added. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XX. 121/1 A brown or grey concretionary opal from Tertiary shales at Menilmontant, near Paris, is known as menilite or ‘liver opal’. 1997 A. W. Eckert World of Opals vi. 174 Known also as menilite opal, liver opal is so-called due to the deep, gray-brown, liver color it exhibits. < as lemmas |
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