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LUXULLIANITE
Etymology
Noun
luxullianite (countable and uncountable, plural luxullianites)
(mineral) A kind of granite characterized by the presence of radiating groups of minute tourmaline crystals.
Source: Wiktionary
Lux*ul"li*an*ite, n. Etym: [So called from Luxullian, in Cornwall.] (Min.)
Definition: A kind of granite from Luxullian, Cornwall, characterized by the presence of radiating groups of minute tourmaline crystals.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SHTIK
(noun) (Yiddish) a little; a piece; “give him a shtik cake”; “he’s a shtik crazy”; “he played a shtik Beethoven”
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