aphrite

English

Noun

aphrite Cellular deposit of calcium carbonate derived from water charged with calcareous matter in solution

1. (mineralogy) A foliated or chalk-like variety of calcite.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “aphrite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)