Aplome
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Aplome is a noun meaning (mineralogy) A brown or green variety of andradite containing manganese.
Meaning
(mineralogy) A brown or green variety of andradite containing manganese.
Example Sentences
Aplome (properly haplome) has its dodecahedral faces striated parallel to the shorter diagonal, whence Haüy inferred that the fundamental form was the cube; and as this form is simpler than the dodecahedron, he gave it a name derived from ἁπλόος, simple. Color of the original aplome (of unknown locality) dark brown; also found yellowish green and brownish green at Schwarzenberg in Saxony, and on the Lena in Siberia.
Related Words
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