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spath⋅ic

  [spath-ik]
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–adjective Mineralogy.
like spar.
Origin:
1780–90; < G Spat (earlier sp. Spath) spar + -ic
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spath·ic   (spāth'ĭk)   
adj.  Having good cleavage. Used of minerals.

[German Spath, Spat, spar (from Middle High German spāt) + -ic.]
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Spathic

Spath"ic\, a. [Cf. F. spathique, fr. F. & G. spath spar.] Like spar; foliated or lamellar; spathose.

Spathic iron (Min.), siderite. See Siderite (a) .
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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