agalmatolite


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agalmatolite

(ˌæɡəlˈmætəˌlaɪt)
n
a soft, greenish, greyish or yellowish mineral, thought to be a variety of pinite, known particularly for its use by the Chinese for carving
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"Jewelry-industrial" and "industrial" materials range down a scale from lazurite, jadeite and nephrite at the top, through charoite, rhodonite, jasper and petrified wood, to items like "aventurine quartzite," "ophicalcite (serpentine/calcite)" and "agalmatolite (pyrophyllite/talc)," although, perhaps mercifully, the last three which merit separate chapters in the parade of chapters to follow are malachite, chalcedony and rhodonite.
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