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Definition of: perlite
(pûr′līt) noun
An acid, igneous, glassy rock of the composition of obsidian, but divided into small spherical bodies by the stress developed by its contraction on cooling: also spelled pearlite. [<F <perle a pearl]
—per·lit′ic (-lit′ik) adjective
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