† siliciten.
Obsolete.
Labradorite, or a variety of this.
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1843 T. Thomson in London, Edinb., & Dublin Philos. Mag. 22 190 The fourth mineral..I have distinguished by the name of Silicite, from the great resemblance which it has to quartz in its external aspect.
1850 D. T. Ansted Elem. Course Geol. 193 Glaucolite and Silicite are other varieties [of Labradorite].
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