Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for COL'O-PHON-ITE
COL'O-PHON-ITE, n. [Supra, from the city, or its resin color.]
A variety of garnet, of a reddish yellow or brown color, occurring in small amorphous granular masses. – Dict. Nat. Hist.
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