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meerschaum
(Sea-foam), a fine white clay, a hydrate-silicate of magnesia, supposed, as found on the sea-shore in some places, to have been sea-foam petrified.
- Del af tale: noun
- Branche/domæne: Language
- Category: Encyclopedias
- Organization: Project Gutenberg
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