Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CRY'O-LITE, n. [Gr. κρυος, cold, and λιθος, stone, ice-stone.]

A fluate of soda and alumin, found in Greenland, of a pale grayish white, snow white, or yellowish brown. It occurs in masses of a foliated structure. It has a glistening vitreous luster. – Jameson. Cleaveland.