ENGLISH DICTIONARY

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

  1. (obsolete, mineralogy) An earth abounding in pyrites, used by the Ancients Greeks as a pesticide on vines.

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Related Words

Related dictionary entries include ophicalcite, melaphyre, pyribole, augite, auripigment, physalite.

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