Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryChiastolite; so called from the tessellated appearance of a cross-section. · A crystal having a similar tessellated appearance. · A twin crystal.
Borrowed from French macle, which in turn derives either from Latin macula (from Italic) or from Latin mascula (from Germanic). See mascle for more.
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