Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for HUM'BOLD-ITE
HUM'BOLD-ITE, n. [from Humboldt.]
A rare mineral recently described, occurring in small crystals, nearly colorless and transparent, or of a yellowish tinge and translucent; rarely separate, but usually aggregated; their primary form, an oblique rhombic prism. Phillips.
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