margarite

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From a chemical analysis of a sample it has been calculated that the emery contained 52.4% of corundum, 32.1 of magnetite, 11.5 of tourmaline, 2 of muscovite and 2 of margarite.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various

Johnson, Webster, and Halliwell give margarite as an English word.

From Notes and Queries, Number 179, April 2, 1853. A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George

It forms white pearly scales, and was at first known as pearl-mica and afterwards as margarite, from μαργαρίτης, a pearl.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various

It was a pretty casket, made of the margarite of the sea.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 by Various

I turned around to leave, but, dropping my precious box of margarite, I stooped to pick it up.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 by Various