1) Industrial mineral
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Fiorite is a hydrated silica rock, a form of opal, found in cavities in volcanic tuff. It has a pearly lustre and forms botryoidal masses. It was named after Santa Fiora, in Italy. ...
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• (n.) A variety of opal occuring in the cavities of volcanic tufa, in smooth and shining globular and botryoidal masses, having a pearly luster; -- so called from Fiora, in Ischia.
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Fi'o·rite noun (Min.) A variety of opal occuring in the cavities of volcanic tufa, in smooth and shining globular and botryoidal masses, having a pearly luster; - - so called from
Fiora , in Ischia.
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Fiorite, so called from Fiora, in Ischia, is a variety of opal having a pearly lustre, occurring in the cavities of volcanic tufa, in smooth and shining globular and botryoidal masses.
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