Datolite

Name: American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 - Datolite
Author: Noah Webster

DAT’OLITE or DATH’OLITE, n. The siliceous borate of lime, a mineral of two subspecies, the common and the botryoidal. The common is of a white color, of various shades, and greenish gray. It occurs in granular distinct concretions, and crystalized. The botryiodal occurs in mammillary concretions, or in botryiodal masses, white and earthy. It is named from its want of transparency.

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Chicago: Noah Webster Jr., "Datolite," American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), Original Sources, accessed July 3, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=9GFGAMMVMAI9UWY.

MLA: Webster, Noah, Jr. "Datolite." American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, New York, S. Converse, 1828, Original Sources. 3 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=9GFGAMMVMAI9UWY.

Harvard: Webster, N, 'Datolite' in American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1. cited in 1828, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, S. Converse, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 3 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=9GFGAMMVMAI9UWY.