variolite

English

Etymology

Latin varius (“various”) +‎ -lite: compare French variolite.

Noun

variolite (countable and uncountable, plural variolites)

  1. (geology) A kind of diorite or diabase with embedded whitish spherules, which give the rock a spotted appearance.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for variolite in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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