† micarelliten.
Mineralogy. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
= micarelle n.
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1885 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. V. i. 31/2 Micarelle, Micarellite, 1. A name used to designate the original mineral (which is at present unknown), from which the pinite of Stolpen..was derived. 2. The mica which is pseudomorphous after scapolite from Arendal, Norway.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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