Emily Dickinson Lexicon

COC'CO-LITE, n. [Gr. κοκκος, a berry and λιθος, a stone.]

A variety of augite or pyroxene; called by Haüy, granuliform pyroxene. Its color is usually some shade of green. It is composed of granular distinct concretions, easily separable, some of which present the appearance of crystals whose angles and edges have been obliterated. – Cleaveland. Dict. of Nat. Hist.