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Pagodite definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PA'GODITE, 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 Pa*go"dite, n. (Min.) Agalmatolite; -- so called because sometimes carved by the Chinese into the form of pagodas. See Agalmatolite.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Agalmatolite Ag`al*mat"o*lite, n. [Gr. ?, ?, image, statue + -lite: cf. F. 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 a variety of pinite.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Agalmatolite, figurestone, lardite.