Margarite

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

  Margarite \Mar"ga*rite\, n. [L. margarita, Gr. ? a pearl; cf. F.
     marguerite.]
     1. A pearl. [Obs.] --Peacham.
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     2. (Min.) A mineral related to the micas, but low in silica


        and yielding brittle folia with pearly luster.
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