Min. [f. Gr. ἐμβόλ-ιον an intermediate + -ITE; ‘because between the chlorid and bromid of silver’ (Dana).] ‘A chlorobromide of silver, Ag5 Br2 Cl3. It is perfectly malleable; has a resinous and somewhat adamantine lustre, and varies in colour from asparagus-green to pistachio, olive, and greyish-green’ (Watts, Dict. Chem.). Also attrib.
1850. Dana, Min., 545. Embolite … crystals are implanted in crystallized calc spar. Ibid. (1868), (1880), 116. Varieties of embolite based on the proportion of bromid to chlorid.
Embolite, error for EMBELIF.
1560. ed. Chaucer, Astrolabe, 251/1.
