agalmatolite

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noun

A soft, compact stone, of a grayish, greenish, or yellowish color, which was used in China for carvings in pagodas. It is probably a variety of pinite.

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figure stonepagodite
OriginAncient Greek ἄγαλμα →
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Meanings

nounagalmatolite (countable and uncountable, plural agalmatolites)

plural agalmatolites

  1. countableuncountablechemistryA soft, compact stone, of a grayish, greenish, or yellowish color, which was used in China for carvings in pagodas. It is probably a variety of pinite.

    Synonyms: figure stone, pagodite

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA soft, compact stone, of a grayish, greenish, or yellowish color, which was used in China for carvings in pagodas. It is probably a variety of pinite.

Similar
figure stonepagodite

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἄγαλμα“statue”
  2. Englishagalmatolite

From Ancient Greek ἄγαλμα (ágalma, “statue”, stem amalgat-) + -o- + -lite.

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Translations

Catalan pagodita
  • pagoditasoft, compact stone
Finnish agalmatoliitti
  • agalmatoliittisoft, compact stone
French agalmatolite
  • agalmatolitesoft, compact stone
Japanese 蝋石
  • 蝋石 (rōseki)soft, compact stone
Korean 곱돌
  • 곱돌 (gopdol)soft, compact stone
Polish agalmatolit, pagodyt
  • agalmatolitsoft, compact stone
  • pagodytsoft, compact stone
Portuguese agalmatolita
  • agalmatolitasoft, compact stone
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