Definition for PYC'NITE

PYC'NITE, n. [Qu. Gr. πυκνος, compact.]

A mineral, the shorlite of Kirwan, or shorlous topaz of Jameson. It usually appears in long irregular prisms or cylinders, longitudinally striated, and united in bundles. – Werner. Cleaveland.

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