What is a soft, compact variety of talc,, being an altered pyroxene. It is often worked in a lathe into inkstands and other articles called?
rensselaerite — A soft, compact variety of talc,, being an altered pyroxene. It is often worked in a lathe into inkstands and other articles. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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