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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INDICOLITE

n.[indigo, or indico, and a stone. ] In mineralogy, a variety of shorl or tourmalin, of an indigo blue color, sometimes with a tinge of azure or green.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

INDICOLITE

In *dic "o *lite, n. Etym: [L. indicum indigo + -lite: cf. F.indicolithe.] (Min. )

 

Defn: A variety of tourmaline of an indigo-blue color.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

indicolite

in dic o lite |inˈdikəˌlīt ɪnˈdɪkəlaɪt | ▶noun an indigo-blue gem variety of lithium-bearing tourmaline. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from Latin indicum ‘indigo ’ + -lite .

 

Oxford Dictionary

indicolite

indicolite |ɪnˈdɪkəlʌɪt | ▶noun [ mass noun ] an indigo-blue gem variety of tourmaline. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from Latin indicum ‘indigo ’ + -lite .