Agalmatolite

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Agalmatolite \Ag`al*mat"o*lite\
     ([a^]g`[a^]l*m[a^]t"[-o]*l[imac]t), n. [Gr. 'a`galma,
     'a`galmatos, image, statue + -lite: cf. F. agalmatolithe.]
     (Min.)
     A soft, compact stone, of a grayish, greenish, or yellowish
     color, carved into images by the Chinese, and hence called


     {figure stone}, and {pagodite}. It is probably a variety of
     pinite.
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