Cipolin

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

  Cipolin \Cip"o*lin\, n. [It. cippollino, prop., a little onion,
     fr. cipolla onion (cf. E. cibol). So called because its veins
     consist, like onions, of different strata, one lying upon
     another.] (Min.)
     A whitish marble, from Rome, containiing pale greenish zones.
     It consists of calcium carbonate, with zones and cloudings of


     talc.
     [1913 Webster]