Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Diaspore"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Diaspore \Di"a*spore\, n. [From Gr. ? a scattering; dia`
through, asunder + ? to sow, scatter like seed: cf. F.
diaspore.] (Min.)
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.
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