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Definition of Paragonite
1. Noun. A colorless or pale brown mica with sodium.
Definition of Paragonite
1. n. A kind of mica related to muscovite, but containing soda instead of potash. It is characteristic of the paragonite schist of the Alps.
Definition of Paragonite
1. Noun. (minerology) A mineral related to muscovite. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Paragonite
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Paragonite
Literary usage of Paragonite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Metamorphism by Charles Richard Van Hise (1904)
"paragonite. paragonite is hydrous sodium-aluminum silicate. occurrence.—paragonite
is not certainly known as an original pyrogenic constituent in igneous ..."
2. Rock Minerals: Their Chemical and Physical Characters and Their by Joseph Paxson Iddings (1911)
"The plane of the optic axes is at right angles to the second pinacoid (010) in
muscovite, paragonite, lepidolite, and in some varieties of biotite called ..."
3. Reports of the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1905)
"paragonite. This mineral belongs to the muscovite group and represents the ...
This is a variety of paragonite that is between this and muscovite and is ..."
4. A Text-book of Mineralogy: With an Extended Treatise on Crystallography and by Edward Salisbury Dana, James Dwight Dana (1877)
"BB the paragonite is stated to be infusible. ... Obs.—paragonite constitutes the
mass of the rock at Monte Campione, in the region oí St. Gothard, ..."
5. A Text-book of Mineralogy: With an Extended Treatise on Crystallography and by Edward Salisbury Dana, James Dwight Dana (1877)
"Pyr—BB the paragonite is stated to be infusible. ... Obs—paragonite constitutes
the mass of the rock at Monte Campione, in the region of St. Gothard, ..."
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