schiller sparn.
Mineralogy.
= bastite n.
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schiller spar1794
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1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 221 Schiller Spar.
1813 R. Bakewell Introd. Geol. iii. 79 Shining laminæ of schiller spar or crystallized serpentine.
1854 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 4) 160 Diallage..includes Schiller spar (in part) and Bronzite.
1879 F. Rutley Study of Rocks x. 120 Enstatite becomes altered to Schiller-spar or bastite, talc, etc.
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