| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| scapolite |
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| SYLLABICATION: | scap·o·lite |
| PRONUNCIATION: | sk p -l t |
| NOUN: | Any of a series of variously colored, often fluorescent mineral silicates of aluminum, calcium, and sodium. Also called wernerite. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin sc pus, stalk; see scape1 + lite (from the prismatic shape of its crystals).
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