Definition of Calaite. Meaning of Calaite. Synonyms of Calaite

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Definition of Calaite

Calaite
Calaite Cal"a*ite (k[a^]l`[asl]*[imac]t), n. [L. calla["i]s, Gr. ka`lai:s, ka`llai:s; cf. F. cala["i]te.] A mineral. See Turquoise.

Meaning of Calaite from wikipedia

- sur quelques Diptères de Russie, 1813 Essai sur la Turquoie et sur la Calaite, Moskau 1816 Adversaria zoologica, 1817–1823 Entomographie de la Russie...
- Johann Fischer von Waldheim publishes Essai sur la Turquoise et sur la Calaite in Moscow, the first scientific treatise on the mineral turquoise. Sir...
- undertaken on co**** pottery, microliths and flint blades, shale beads and calaite. At another level of the chamber, there were encountered blades and lamellae...