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Definition of Mellite
1. n. A mineral of a honey color, found in brown coal, and partly the result of vegetable decomposition; honeystone. It is a mellitate of alumina.
Definition of Mellite
1. Noun. (minerology) An mineral that is the aluminium salt of mellitic acid; honeystone ¹
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Definition of Mellite
1. honey-stone [n -S]
Medical Definition of Mellite
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Mellite
Literary usage of Mellite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Organic Remains of a Former World: An Examination of the Mineralized Remains by James Parkinson (1804)
"mellite....JET AND CANNEL. COAL. J. HAT the purer bitumens have had the same
origin as peat—that they have been produced from the same species of matter, ..."
2. An Outline of Mineralogy and Geology: Intended for the Use of Those who May by William Phillips (1816)
"... giving out a dense, pungent, aromatic smoke, and leaving a light, shining,
black coal. The mellite or ..."
3. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1890)
"Honey-Stone, or mellite, a mineral of remarkable characters and composition,
found in connection with brown coal (generally accompanied by sulphur) in ..."
4. The Edinburgh Journal of Science by Sir David Brewster (1828)
"All three angles become more obtuse. 14. Analysis of the Hone-stone or mellite.—Dr
Wohler has found this mineral to consist of ..."
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