catlinite
English
editEtymology
editFrom Catlin + -ite, after George Catlin, an American painter who travelled in the region.
Noun
editcatlinite (countable and uncountable, plural catlinites)
- A brownish-red red clay found in Northern USA and Canada, used by the American Indians to make pipes.
- Synonym: pipestone
References
edit- “catlinite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.