Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
from 1976 supplement
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†AILSYTE. Geol. A variety of riebeckite microgranite, now called paisanite, used esp. for curling stones (1899 Trans. Edb. Geol. Soc. VII. 265).
[Named after Ailsa Craig by M. F. Heddle.]
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