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BAS'ANITE, n. [Gr. the trier. Plin.Lib.36. Song 22. See Basalt.]

Lydian stone, or black jasper; a variety of siliceous or flinty slate. Its color is a grayish or bluish black, interspersed with veins of quartz. It is employed to test the purity of gold.

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