Min. [mod. f. Gr. ἄγαλμα, -ατος, statue, image + λίθος stone.] A name applied to various soft minerals, capable of being easily carved; properly the ‘Figure-stone’ or Pagodite, in which figures are cut by the Chinese.
1832. U. K. S., Nat. Philos., II. 28. Pyrometric pieces formed of Chinese agalmatolite.
1857. Birch, Anc. Pottery (1858), I. 97. The substance chiefly employed [to glaze] was agalmatolite or steaschist.
1875. Ure, Dict. Arts, s.v., The true agalmatolite is a hydrous silicate of alumina and potash, closely allied to pinite.
