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Margarite (?), 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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