Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CHON'DRO-DITE
CHON'DRO-DITE, n.
A mineral, called also Brucite. It occurs in grains or imperfect crystals, or in four-sided prisms with rhombic bases, truncated on the two acute lateral edges. It is translucent; and its color varies from reddish or amber yellow to grayish brown. – Cleaveland.
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