Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913 + 1828)


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Mellite (Page: 910)

Mel"lite (?), n. [L. mel, mellis, honey: cf. F. mellite.] (Min.) A mineral of a honey color, found in brown coal, and partly the result of vegetable decomposition; honeystone. It is a mellitate of alumina.


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MEL''LITE, n. [L.mel.] Honey stone; a mineral of a honey color,found only in very minute regular crystals.