The Collaborative International Dictionary
Margarite \Mar"ga*rite\, n. [L. margarita, Gr. ? a pearl; cf. F. marguerite.]
A pearl. [Obs.]
--Peacham.(Min.) A mineral related to the micas, but low in silica and yielding brittle folia with pearly luster.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"a pearl," late Old English, from Late Latin margarita (see Margaret). Figuratively, "that which is precious or excellent, a priceless quality or attribute;" also used as an epithet for Christ, Mary, etc., late 13c. Also margerie (mid-14c.).
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context mineralogy English) A calcium-rich member of the mica group of phyllosilicates, forming white to pinkish or yellowish-gray masses or thin laminae. 2 (context obsolete English) pearl
Wikipedia
Margarite is a calcium rich member of the mica group of the phyllosilicates with formula: Ca Al(Al Si) O(O H). It forms white to pinkish or yellowish gray masses or thin laminae. It crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system. It typically has a specific gravity of around 3 and a Mohs hardness of 4. It is translucent with perfect 010 cleavage and exhibits crystal twinning.
It occurs commonly as an alteration product of corundum, andalusite and other aluminous minerals. It has been reported as forming alteration pseudomorphs of chiastolite along with muscovite and paragonite. The margarite in this occurrence forms preferentially along the dark graphite rich inclusions with the chiastolite crystals.
Usage examples of "margarite".
Ostensibly, Dom had chosen him to be his replacement, but all along it was Margarite who was pulling the strings like a ghost from the shadows.
Her teenage daughter, Francine, caught in the middle of Margarite and Tony D.
From time to time, he had brought up the idea of going public, but Margarite was firmly against it.
Francie had convinced Margarite to keep her daughter out of the family situation that had caused her problem in the first place.
DeCamillo had been just such an evil force, but it was still possible for Margarite to understand how she had fallen in love with him.
Tony had quelled that soon enough, and then, slowly and quietly, Margarite had outlined just how the love between these members of the two families could help heal the wounds.
To this day, Margarite had no idea why he had asked her to take over his position as head of all the East Coast Families.
Once again, Margarite was struck by the almost magisterial silence of the convent.
In 1964, when his daughters Margarite and Celeste were nine and six respectively, he remarried.
Perhaps it was the size or shape, like a room in one of the fairy stories Margarite used to read to Francie when she had been young.
Bernice said with such finality that, at last, Margarite was forced to believe her.
Margarite whom Dom trained, Margarite to whom he whispered all his secrets.
The Nishiki network constantly updated these dossiers, and when Dom had been murdered, Margarite had inherited these files and the power they brought anyone who possessed them.
His unspeakable act had branded him for destruction, and Margarite was determined to be the agent of that annihilation.
He was a dapper-looking man in his early forties with sandy hair and light eyes, although in the glare of the headlights Margarite could not tell their exact color.