catlinite
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Catlin + -ite, after George Catlin, an American painter who travelled in the region.
Noun[edit]
catlinite (countable and uncountable, plural catlinites)
- A brownish-red red clay found in Northern USA and Canada, used by the American Indians to make pipes.
- Synonym: pipestone
References[edit]
- “catlinite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.