(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:07:22

Hep"a*tite [L. hepatitis an unknown precious stone, Gr. , fr. , , the liver: cf. F. h'epatite.] Min.

A variety of barite emitting a fetid odor when rubbed or heated.

 

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