Definition of Rhodolites

1. Noun. (plural of rhodolite) ¹

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Definition of Rhodolites

1. rhodolite [n] - See also: rhodolite

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rhodolites

rhodo-
rhodobacter
rhodobacter capsulatus
rhodobacter sphaeroides
rhodocene
rhodochrosite
rhodochrosites
rhodococcus
rhodococcus equi
rhodocrinite
rhododendron
rhododendronlike
rhododendrons
rhodogenesis
rhodolite
rhodolites (current term)
rhodomontade
rhodomontades
rhodonite
rhodonites
rhodophane
rhodophylactic
rhodophylaxis
rhodophyte
rhodophytes
rhodopseudomonas
rhodopsin
rhodopsin kinase
rhodopsins
rhodoquinone oxidoreductase

Literary usage of Rhodolites

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Good Roads Institute, Held at the University of North by University of North Carolina (1793-1962) (1897)
"GEM MINERALS There has not been any extensive mining in tlie State for gem minerals, the principal work that has been done being for rhodolites and beryls. ..."

2. Bulletin by North Carolina Dept. of Conservation and Development, North Carolina Geological Survey (1883-1905), North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1907)
"A very fine exhibit of rhodolites was made in the State Geological Survey Exhibit at the recent Expositions at Buffalo, Charleston, and St. Louis. ..."

3. The Mineral Industry by Richard Pennefather Rothwell (1906)
"... county the streams heading on Masons mountain have yielded beautiful rhodolites, some of which have been cut into gems of as high as 13 carats each. ..."

4. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley (1862)
"... are marked the '• v ¡MOUS of the vernier scale by which the de- ri'es may be read off to minutes. Very large rhodolites have 3 verniers 120" apart ..."

5. Reports of the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1905)
"Other rubies have been broken open and minute rhodolites "have been found in them. Corundum crystals have also been found wholly and partially surrounding ..."

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