Emily Dickinson Lexicon

AN-DA-LU'SITE, n.

A massive mineral, of a flesh or rose red color; sometimes found crystalized in imperfect four sided prisms, nearly or quite rectangular. Its hardness nearly equal to that of corundum, and it is infusible by the blow-pipe. It has its name from Andalusia, in Spain, when it was first discovered. – Werner. Brongniart.