Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AL'LAN-ITE
AL'LAN-ITE, n.
A mineral named from Mr. Allan, of Edinburgh, who first recognized it as a distinct species. It is massive, of a brownish black color, and conchoidal fracture. A silicious oxyd of cerium. – Cleaveland. Jameson. Ure.
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