• (n.) A soft, compact stone, of a grayish, greenish, or yellowish color, carved into images by the Chinese, and hence called figure stone, and pagodite. It is probably a variety of pinite.
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Ag`al·mat'o·lite noun [ Greek ..., ..., image, statue +
-lite : confer French
agalmatolithe .]
(Min.) A soft, compact stone, of a grayish, greenish, or yellowish color, carved into images by the Chinese, and hence called
figure stone , and
pagodite . It is probably ...
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Agalmatolite is a soft species of mineral of a greyish, greenish, or yellowish colour, also called pagodite and figure-stone, used by the Chinese for carving, especially into grotesque figures.
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A compact variety of pyrophyllite.
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