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Agalmatolite

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Agalmatolite \Ag`al*mat"o*lite\, n. [Gr. ?, ?, image, statue +
   -lite: cf. F. agalmatolithe.] (Min.)
   A soft, compact stone, of a grayish, greenish, or yellowish
   color, carved into images by the Chinese, and hence called
   {figure stone}, and {pagodite}. It is probably a variety of
   pinite.
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