Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SHORL'ITE
SHORL'ITE, n.
A mineral of a greenish white color, sometimes yellowish; mostly found in irregular oblong masses or columns, inserted in a mixture of quartz and mica or granite. – Klaproth. Kirwan.. Shorlite or shorlous topaz, the pycnite of Werner, is of a straw yellow color. – Ure.
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