Ampelite
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ampelite is a noun meaning (mineralogy) A carbonaceous alum schist.
Meaning
(mineralogy) A carbonaceous alum schist.
More Meanings
- (obsolete, mineralogy) An earth abounding in pyrites, used by the Ancients Greeks as a pesticide on vines.
Word Forms
- ampelites
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ophicalcite, melaphyre, pyribole, augite, auripigment, physalite.
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