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Diaspore

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) A hydrate of alumina, often occurring in white lamellar masses with brilliant pearly luster; - so named on account of its decrepitating when heated before the blowpipe.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Diaspore'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/diaspore.html. 1828.