Hepatite
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hepatite is a noun meaning (mineralogy, dated) A variety of barite that emits a foetid odour when rubbed or heated.
Meaning
(mineralogy, dated) A variety of barite that emits a foetid odour when rubbed or heated.
Example Sentences
Carbon forms the basis of several of the combustibles; as coal, bitumen, amber, &c.; and it enters into the composition of a few minerals in small proportion; in the Aberthaw limestone, the hepatite, semi-opal, and in clay-slate, not exceeding 1 or 2 per cent.;[…].
Word Forms
- hepatites
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include barytes, barite, stinkstone, baryte, baryta, barylite.
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