Fassaite

2 definitions found

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

  Pyrgom \Pyr"gom\, n. [Gr. ? a place furnished with towers, fr. ?
     a tower.] (Min.)
     A variety of pyroxene; -- called also {fassaite}.
     [1913 Webster]

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



  Fassaite \Fas"sa*ite\, n. (Min.)
     A variety of pyroxene, from the valley of Fassa, in the
     Tyrol.
     [1913 Webster]