a. = prec.

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1727.  Bailey, vol. II., Cristated, having a crest or comb.

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1757.  trans. Henckel’s Pyritol., 23. Pyrites … oval, clustered, cristated.

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1794.  Kirwan, Min., I. 244. Sometimes also in the form of a cockscomb and hence called cristated.

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