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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PAGODITE

n.A name given to the mineral of which the Chinese make their pagodas. It is called also lardite, koreite, and agalmatolite.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PAGODITE

PAGODITE Pa *go "dite, n. (Min. )

 

Defn: Agalmatolite; -- so called because sometimes carved by the Chinese into the form of pagodas. See Agalmatolite.