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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SMARAGDITE

n.A mineral; called also green diallage.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SMARAGDITE

Sma *rag "dite, n. Etym: [Cf. F. smaragdite; -- so called from its emerald-green color. See Smaragd. ] (Min. )

 

Defn: A green foliated kind of amphibole, observed in eclogite and some varietis of gabbro.