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Definition of Hyalite
1. n. A pellucid variety of opal in globules looking like colorless gum or resin; -- called also Müller's glass.
Definition of Hyalite
1. Noun. (minerology) A form of opal ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hyalite
1. a colorless opal [n -S]
Medical Definition of Hyalite
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hyalite
Literary usage of Hyalite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elements of Chemical and Physical Geology by Gustav Bischof (1855)
"hyalite never occurs in fresh serpentine, or at any considerable depth. At the
Steinberg, it is situated upon plates of yellow and brown opal; ..."
2. Bulletin by North Carolina Dept. of Conservation and Development, North Carolina Geological Survey (1883-1905), North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1907)
"Opal has been found but very sparingly in North Carolina and, with the exception
of the hyalite variety, the only specimen that has been found was near ..."
3. Bulletin by Geological Survey of Georgia (1902)
"It occurs as a lemon- to sulphur-yellow coating, or incrustation, in association
with hyalite, along the faces of some of the joint-planes in the Stone ..."
4. The Travels and Researches of Alexander Von Humboldt: Being a Condensed by Alexander von Humboldt, William MacGillivray (1869)
"... alternating with Marl—hyalite—Quartz Sand— Remarks on the Distance at which
Mountains are visible at Sea, and the Causes by which it is modified—Landing ..."
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